UniProt functional annotation for Q8XDI5

UniProt code: Q8XDI5.

Organism: Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Catalyzes the isomerization of L-xylulose-5-phosphate to L- ribulose-5-phosphate. Is involved in the anaerobic L-ascorbate utilization. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01951}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=L-ribulose 5-phosphate = L-xylulose 5-phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:18497, ChEBI:CHEBI:57829, ChEBI:CHEBI:58226; EC=5.1.3.22; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01951};
Pathway: Cofactor degradation; L-ascorbate degradation; D-xylulose 5- phosphate from L-ascorbate: step 3/4. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01951}.
Induction: Induced by L-ascorbate. Repressed by UlaR. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01951}.
Similarity: Belongs to the L-ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01951}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.