UniProt functional annotation for P0A729

UniProt code: P0A729.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphatase that hydrolyzes 7- methyl-GTP (m(7)GTP) (PubMed:24210219). May have a dual role in cell division arrest and in preventing the incorporation of modified nucleotides into cellular nucleic acids (PubMed:24210219). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24210219}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H2O + N(7)-methyl-GTP = diphosphate + H(+) + N(7)-methyl-GMP; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:58744, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:58285, ChEBI:CHEBI:87133; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00528, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24210219};
Cofactor: Name=a divalent metal cation; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:60240; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00528};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=32.8 uM for m(7)GTP {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24210219}; Note=kcat is 1.2 sec(-1). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24210219};
Subunit: Monomer and homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24210219}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00528, ECO:0000305}.
Similarity: Belongs to the Maf family. YceF subfamily. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00528, ECO:0000305|PubMed:24210219}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=AAA23829.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Note=Extended N-terminus.; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.