UniProt functional annotation for Q84KJ5

UniProt code: Q84KJ5.

Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis.
 
Function: May have a photoreceptor function. Binds ss- and ds-DNA in a sequence non-specific manner. Has a photolyase activity specific for cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in ssDNA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17062752}.
 
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:12834405}; Note=Binds 1 FAD per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12834405};
Cofactor: Name=(6R)-5,10-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:15636; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:12834405}; Note=Binds 1 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF) per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12834405};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17188299}.
Subcellular location: Plastid, chloroplast {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12834405}. Mitochondrion {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12834405}.
Miscellaneous: 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF) acts as a functional antenna for the photoreduction of FAD.
Similarity: Belongs to the DNA photolyase class-1 family. {ECO:0000305}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=AAL57669.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Note=Truncated N-terminus.; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.