UniProt functional annotation for Q9FUZ2

UniProt code: Q9FUZ2.

Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis.
 
Function: Removes the formyl group from the N-terminal Met of newly synthesized proteins. Has a preferred substrate specificity towards the photosystem II (PS II) D1 polypeptide. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11060042}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H2O + N-terminal N-formyl-L-methionyl-[peptide] = formate + N- terminal L-methionyl-[peptide]; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:24420, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:10639, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10640, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15740, ChEBI:CHEBI:49298, ChEBI:CHEBI:64731; EC=3.5.1.88;
Cofactor: Name=Fe(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29033; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:11733990}; Note=Binds 1 Fe(2+) ion. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11733990};
Activity regulation: Inhibited by actinonin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11553738, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11733990}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=130 uM for N-formyl-Met-Leu-rho-nitroanilide {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11553738}; KM=3200 uM for N-formyl-Met-Ala-Ser {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11553738}; Vmax=20 umol/min/mg enzyme toward N-formyl-Met-Leu-rho-nitroanilide {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11553738}; Vmax=1.3 umol/min/mg enzyme toward N-formyl-Met-Ala-Ser {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11553738};
Subunit: Homodimer.
Subcellular location: Plastid, chloroplast stroma. Mitochondrion. Note=Reported to be localized to chloroplast and mitochondria based on transient GFP expression in a heterologous system. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11060042}.
Tissue specificity: Expressed in leaves and flowers. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11060042}.
Disruption phenotype: Albino. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12505980}.
Similarity: Belongs to the polypeptide deformylase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.