| UniProt functional annotation for Q97UA0 | |||
| UniProt code: Q97UA0. |
| Organism: | Saccharolobus solfataricus (strain ATCC 35092 / DSM 1617 / JCM 11322 / P2) (Sulfolobus solfataricus). | |
| Taxonomy: | Archaea; Crenarchaeota; Thermoprotei; Sulfolobales; Sulfolobaceae; Saccharolobus. | |
| Function: | Participates in a pentose oxidation pathway that converts D- arabinonate to 2-oxoglutarate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16849334}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate = 2,5-dioxopentanoate + H2O; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:35807, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:16699, ChEBI:CHEBI:58136; EC=4.2.1.141; Evidence={ECO:0000305|PubMed:16849334}; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000305|PubMed:18448118}; Name=Ca(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29108; Evidence={ECO:0000305|PubMed:18448118}; | |
| Subunit: | Homotetramer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16849334, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18448118}. | |
| Induction: | Expression is strongly increased by growth on D-arabinose, both at the mRNA and at the protein level. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16849334}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the FAH family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.