UniProt functional annotation for P0AFL8

UniProt code: P0AFL8.

Organism: Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Degradation of inorganic polyphosphates (polyP). Releases orthophosphate processively from the ends of the polyP chain. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=[phosphate](n) + H2O = [phosphate](n-1) + H(+) + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21528, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9859, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:14279, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16838, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474; EC=3.6.1.11; Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6};
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16678853}.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}.
Similarity: Belongs to the GppA/Ppx family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.