| UniProt functional annotation for E8MF13 | |||
| UniProt code: E8MF13. |
| Organism: | Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum (strain ATCC 15707 / DSM 20219 / JCM 1217 / NCTC 11818 / E194b). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Bifidobacteriales; Bifidobacteriaceae; Bifidobacterium. | |
| Function: | Reversibly phosphorolyzes lacto-N-biose to Gal1-P and N- acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and galacto-N-biose to Gal1-P and N- acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc). Involved in the lacto-N-biose I/galacto- N-biose (LNB/GNB) degradation pathway, which is important for host intestinal colonization by bifidobacteria. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15933016, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17720833, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19124470}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + phosphate = alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate + N-acetyl-D-glucosamine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20285, ChEBI:CHEBI:27707, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:58336, ChEBI:CHEBI:506227; EC=2.4.1.211; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:15933016, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19124470}; | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19124470}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the glycoside hydrolase 112 family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.