UniProt functional annotation for Q5NF57

UniProt code: Q5NF57.

Organism: Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis (strain SCHU S4 / Schu 4).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Thiotrichales; Francisellaceae; Francisella.
 
Function: Catalyzes the condensation of pantoate with beta-alanine in an ATP-dependent reaction via a pantoyl-adenylate intermediate. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00158}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(R)-pantoate + ATP + beta-alanine = (R)-pantothenate + AMP + diphosphate + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:10912, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:15980, ChEBI:CHEBI:29032, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:57966, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.3.2.1; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00158};
Pathway: Cofactor biosynthesis; (R)-pantothenate biosynthesis; (R)- pantothenate from (R)-pantoate and beta-alanine: step 1/1. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00158}.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00158}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00158}.
Miscellaneous: The reaction proceeds by a bi uni uni bi ping pong mechanism. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00158}.
Similarity: Belongs to the pantothenate synthetase family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00158}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.