| UniProt functional annotation for P04395 | |||
| UniProt code: P04395. |
| Organism: | Escherichia coli (strain K12). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. | |
| Function: | Hydrolysis of the deoxyribose N-glycosidic bond to excise 3- methyladenine, 3-methylguanine, 7-methylguanine, O2-methylthymine, and O2-methylcytosine from the damaged DNA polymer formed by alkylation lesions. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=Hydrolysis of alkylated DNA, releasing 3-methyladenine, 3- methylguanine, 7-methylguanine and 7-methyladenine.; EC=3.2.2.21; | |
| Subunit: | Monomer. | |
| Induction: | Up-regulated by methylated Ada in response to the exposure to alkylating agents. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the alkylbase DNA glycosidase AlkA family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.