UniProt functional annotation for Q57764

UniProt code: Q57764.

Organism: Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (strain ATCC 43067 / DSM 2661 / JAL-1 / JCM 10045 / NBRC 100440) (Methanococcus jannaschii).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanomada group; Methanococci; Methanococcales; Methanocaldococcaceae; Methanocaldococcus.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H(+) + L-arginine = agmatine + CO2; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:17641, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:32682, ChEBI:CHEBI:58145; EC=4.1.1.19;
Cofactor: Name=pyruvate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:15361; Note=Binds 1 pyruvoyl group covalently per subunit.;
Biophysicochemical properties: Temperature dependence: Thermostable.;
Subunit: Trimer of an alpha-beta dimer.
Mass spectrometry: [Pyruvoyl-dependent arginine decarboxylase subunit beta]: Mass=5436; Mass_error=11; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:11980912};
Mass spectrometry: [Pyruvoyl-dependent arginine decarboxylase subunit alpha]: Mass=12356; Mass_error=57; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:11980912};
Similarity: Belongs to the PdaD family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.