UniProt functional annotation for P31891

UniProt code: P31891.

Organism: Cupriavidus necator (strain ATCC 17699 / DSM 428 / KCTC 22496 / NCIMB 10442 / H16 / Stanier 337) (Ralstonia eutropha).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria; Burkholderiales; Burkholderiaceae; Cupriavidus.
 
Function: This enzyme recycles the H(2) produced by nitrogenase to increase the production of ATP and to protect nitrogenase against inhibition or damage by O(2) under carbon- or phosphate-limited conditions.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=A + H2 = AH2; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:12116, ChEBI:CHEBI:13193, ChEBI:CHEBI:17499, ChEBI:CHEBI:18276; EC=1.12.99.6;
Cofactor: Name=Ni(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:49786; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Note=Binds 1 nickel ion per subunit. {ECO:0000250};
Subunit: Heterodimer of a large and a small subunit.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein.
Similarity: Belongs to the [NiFe]/[NiFeSe] hydrogenase large subunit family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.