UniProt functional annotation for P78789

UniProt code: P78789.

Organism: Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843) (Fission yeast).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Taphrinomycotina; Schizosaccharomycetes; Schizosaccharomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomyces.
 
Function: Beta subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which is required for transcriptional, metabolic, and developmental adaptations in response to glucose limitation. Has a structural role, mediating heterotrimer formation, and a regulatory role, defining carbon source- regulated subcellular location and substrate specificity of the AMPK kinase complex. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P34164}.
 
Subunit: AMPK is a heterotrimer of an alpha catalytic subunit (ssp2), a beta (amk2) and a gamma non-catalytic subunits (cbs2). The beta subunit serves as a bridge between the catalytic and the regulatory subunit. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P34164}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16823372}.
Similarity: Belongs to the 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase beta subunit family. {ECO:0000305}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=BAA13800.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Note=Extended N-terminus.; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.