UniProt functional annotation for P41007

UniProt code: P41007.

Organism: Bacillus caldolyticus.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Geobacillus; Geobacillus thermoleovorans group.
 
Function: Regulates transcriptional attenuation of the pyrimidine nucleotide (pyr) operon by binding in a uridine-dependent manner to specific sites on pyr mRNA. This disrupts an antiterminator hairpin in the RNA and favors formation of a downstream transcription terminator, leading to a reduced expression of downstream genes (Probable). {ECO:0000305}.
 
Function: Also displays a weak uracil phosphoribosyltransferase activity which is not physiologically significant.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=diphosphate + UMP = 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate + uracil; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:13017, ChEBI:CHEBI:17568, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:57865, ChEBI:CHEBI:58017; EC=2.4.2.9;
Subunit: Homodimer and homohexamer; in equilibrium. {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the purine/pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase family. PyrR subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.