UniProt functional annotation for P0AG18

UniProt code: P0AG18.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Catalyzes the conversion of N5-carboxyaminoimidazole ribonucleotide (N5-CAIR) to 4-carboxy-5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide (CAIR). {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01929, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8117684}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=5-carboxyamino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole + H(+) = 5- amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:13193, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:58730, ChEBI:CHEBI:77657; EC=5.4.99.18; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01929, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10074353, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8117684};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=140 uM for N5-CAIR {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8117684};
Pathway: Purine metabolism; IMP biosynthesis via de novo pathway; 5- amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate from 5-amino-1-(5- phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole (N5-CAIR route): step 2/2. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01929, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8117684}.
Subunit: Homooctamer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10574791}.
Similarity: Belongs to the AIR carboxylase family. Class I subfamily. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01929, ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.