UniProt functional annotation for Q819Z6

UniProt code: Q819Z6.

Organism: Bacillus cereus (strain ATCC 14579 / DSM 31 / JCM 2152 / NBRC 15305 / NCIMB 9373 / NRRL B-3711).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus; Bacillus cereus group.
 
Function: Together with DpaA, catalyzes the conversion of dihydrodipicolinate to dipicolinate (DPA). {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR001390}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(S)-2,3-dihydrodipicolinate + NADP(+) = dipicolinate + H(+) + NADPH; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:47092, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30620, ChEBI:CHEBI:36167, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, ChEBI:CHEBI:58349; Evidence={ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR001390};
Subunit: Dipicolinate synthase likely consists of DpaA and DpaB, since both proteins are required for DPA synthesis. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR001390}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.