UniProt functional annotation for Q9AC32

UniProt code: Q9AC32.

Organism: Caulobacter vibrioides (strain ATCC 19089 / CB15) (Caulobacter crescentus).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Caulobacterales; Caulobacteraceae; Caulobacter.
 
Function: Involved in mRNA degradation. Catalyzes the phosphorolysis of single-stranded polyribonucleotides processively in the 3'- to 5'- direction. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01595}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=phosphate + RNA(n+1) = a ribonucleoside 5'-diphosphate + RNA(n); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:22096, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:11128, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:11129, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:57930, ChEBI:CHEBI:83400; EC=2.7.7.8; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01595};
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01595};
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01595}.
Similarity: Belongs to the polyribonucleotide nucleotidyltransferase family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01595}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.