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.