UniProt functional annotation for Q57991

UniProt code: Q57991.

Organism: Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (strain ATCC 43067 / DSM 2661 / JAL-1 / JCM 10045 / NBRC 100440) (Methanococcus jannaschii).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanomada group; Methanococci; Methanococcales; Methanocaldococcaceae; Methanocaldococcus.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-aspartate = 4-phospho-L-aspartate + ADP; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:23776, ChEBI:CHEBI:29991, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:57535, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.2.4;
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-lysine biosynthesis via DAP pathway; (S)-tetrahydrodipicolinate from L-aspartate: step 1/4.
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-methionine biosynthesis via de novo pathway; L-homoserine from L-aspartate: step 1/3.
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-threonine biosynthesis; L-threonine from L-aspartate: step 1/5.
Similarity: Belongs to the aspartokinase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.