UniProt functional annotation for Q5SJ47

UniProt code: Q5SJ47.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC 27634 / DSM 579 / HB8).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Single-stranded-DNA-specific exonuclease acting in a 5' to 3' direction; has no detectable activity on ssRNA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}.
 
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}; Name=Mn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29035; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}; Name=Co(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:48828; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}; Note=Requires a divalent cation; Mg(2+) > Mn(2+) > Co(2+). Structures with 1 Mg(2+), or 1 or 2 Mn(2+) were determined; the authors conclude 2 metal ions are required for activity. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.17 uM for ssDNA 6-mers {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}; KM=0.084 uM for ssDNA 11-mers {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}; KM=0.037 uM for ssDNA 21-mers {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}; Note=Kcat for ssDNA remains unchanged as chain length increases from 6-mers to 21-mers.;
Subunit: Monomer. Intact protein binds ss- but not dsDNA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20129927, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21087930}.
Similarity: Belongs to the RecJ family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.