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.