UniProt functional annotation for Q72CX3

UniProt code: Q72CX3.

Organism: Desulfovibrio vulgaris (strain ATCC 29579 / DSM 644 / NCIMB 8303 / VKM B-1760 / Hildenborough).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria; Desulfovibrionales; Desulfovibrionaceae; Desulfovibrio.
 
Function: Urea channel that facilitates transmembrane urea transport down a concentration gradient. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19865084}.
 
Subunit: Homotrimer; each subunit contains a pore through which urea permeates. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19865084}.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19865084}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19865084}.
Similarity: Belongs to the urea transporter family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.