UniProt functional annotation for O66496

UniProt code: O66496.

Organism: Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Aquificae; Aquificales; Aquificaceae; Aquifex.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=D-arabinose 5-phosphate + H2O + phosphoenolpyruvate = 3-deoxy- alpha-D-manno-2-octulosonate-8-phosphate + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:14053, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:57693, ChEBI:CHEBI:58702, ChEBI:CHEBI:85985; EC=2.5.1.55;
Pathway: Carbohydrate biosynthesis; 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate biosynthesis; 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate from D-ribulose 5-phosphate: step 2/3.
Pathway: Bacterial outer membrane biogenesis; lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis.
Subunit: Oligomer.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the KdsA family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.