UniProt functional annotation for P9WFE7

UniProt code: P9WFE7.

Organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2 H(+) + H2O + urea = CO2 + 2 NH4(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20557, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16199, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938; EC=3.5.1.5; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00739, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7559354};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.3 mM for urea {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7559354}; Vmax=0.05 mmol/min/mg enzyme {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7559354}; pH dependence: Optimum pH is 7.2. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7559354};
Pathway: Nitrogen metabolism; urea degradation; CO(2) and NH(3) from urea (urease route): step 1/1. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00739}.
Subunit: Heterotrimer of UreA (gamma), UreB (beta) and UreC (alpha) subunits. Three heterotrimers associate to form the active enzyme.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00739}.
Similarity: Belongs to the urease gamma subunit family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00739}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.