UniProt functional annotation for O26232

UniProt code: O26232.

Organism: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus (strain ATCC 29096 / DSM 1053 / JCM 10044 / NBRC 100330 / Delta H) (Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanomada group; Methanobacteria; Methanobacteriales; Methanobacteriaceae; Methanothermobacter.
 
Function: Catalyzes the decarboxylation of orotidine 5'-monophosphate (OMP) to uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP).
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H(+) + orotidine 5'-phosphate = CO2 + UMP; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11596, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:57538, ChEBI:CHEBI:57865; EC=4.1.1.23;
Pathway: Pyrimidine metabolism; UMP biosynthesis via de novo pathway; UMP from orotate: step 2/2.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10681441, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11900543, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12011084, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16248642}.
Similarity: Belongs to the OMP decarboxylase family. Type 1 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.