UniProt functional annotation for A1BBA0

UniProt code: A1BBA0.

Organism: Paracoccus denitrificans (strain Pd 1222).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodobacterales; Rhodobacteraceae; Paracoccus.
 
Function: Methylamine dehydrogenase carries out the oxidation of methylamine. Electrons are passed from methylamine dehydrogenase to amicyanin. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00002034, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000192}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H2O + methylamine + 2 oxidized [amicyanin] = formaldehyde + 2 H(+) + NH4(+) + 2 reduced [amicyanin]; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:30207, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:11100, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:11101, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16842, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:29036, ChEBI:CHEBI:49552, ChEBI:CHEBI:59338; EC=1.4.9.1; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001661, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000192};
Cofactor: Name=tryptophan tryptophylquinone residue; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:20251; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001912, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000192};
Pathway: One-carbon metabolism; methylamine degradation. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00004856}.
Pathway: One-carbon metabolism; methylamine degradation; formaldehyde from methylamine: step 1/1. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00005103, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000192}.
Subunit: Heterotetramer of two light and two heavy chains. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00011683, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000192}.
Subcellular location: Periplasm {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00004418, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000192}.
Similarity: Belongs to the aromatic amine dehydrogenase light chain family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00010711, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR000192}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.