UniProt functional annotation for P26281

UniProt code: P26281.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin + ATP = (7,8-dihydropterin- 6-yl)methyl diphosphate + AMP + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11412, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:44841, ChEBI:CHEBI:72950, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=2.7.6.3;
Pathway: Cofactor biosynthesis; tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis; 2-amino- 4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropteridine diphosphate from 7,8- dihydroneopterin triphosphate: step 4/4.
Subunit: Monomer.
Miscellaneous: This enzyme is heat stable.
Similarity: Belongs to the HPPK family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.