UniProt functional annotation for O97161

UniProt code: O97161.

Organism: Schistosoma mansoni (Blood fluke).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Spiralia; Lophotrochozoa; Platyhelminthes; Trematoda; Digenea; Strigeidida; Schistosomatoidea; Schistosomatidae; Schistosoma.
 
Function: Thiol-specific peroxidase that catalyzes the reduction of hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides to water and alcohols, respectively. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000239}.
 
Similarity: Belongs to the peroxiredoxin family. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000239}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.