| UniProt functional annotation for Q9KVL7 | |||
| UniProt code: Q9KVL7. |
| Organism: | Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 (strain ATCC 39315 / El Tor Inaba N16961). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Vibrionales; Vibrionaceae; Vibrio. | |
| Function: | Specifically catalyzes the decarboxylation of meso- diaminopimelate (meso-DAP) to L-lysine. {ECO:0000250}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=H(+) + meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate = CO2 + L-lysine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:15101, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:32551, ChEBI:CHEBI:57791; EC=4.1.1.20; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=pyridoxal 5'-phosphate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:597326; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; | |
| Pathway: | Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-lysine biosynthesis via DAP pathway; L-lysine from DL-2,6-diaminopimelate: step 1/1. | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000305|Ref.2}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the Orn/Lys/Arg decarboxylase class-II family. LysA subfamily. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.