UniProt functional annotation for P9WPY5

UniProt code: P9WPY5.

Organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
 
Function: Catalyzes the transfer of the enolpyruvyl moiety of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to the 5-hydroxyl of shikimate-3-phosphate (S3P) to produce enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate and inorganic phosphate. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00210, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11483005}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=3-phosphoshikimate + phosphoenolpyruvate = 5-O-(1- carboxyvinyl)-3-phosphoshikimate + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21256, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:57701, ChEBI:CHEBI:58702, ChEBI:CHEBI:145989; EC=2.5.1.19; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00210, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11483005};
Pathway: Metabolic intermediate biosynthesis; chorismate biosynthesis; chorismate from D-erythrose 4-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate: step 6/7. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00210, ECO:0000305}.
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00210, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11483005}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00210}.
Similarity: Belongs to the EPSP synthase family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00210, ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.