UniProt functional annotation for A1TH50

UniProt code: A1TH50.

Organism: Mycolicibacterium vanbaalenii (strain DSM 7251 / JCM 13017 / BCRC 16820 / KCTC 9966 / NRRL B-24157 / PYR-1) (Mycobacterium vanbaalenii).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycolicibacterium.
 
Function: Catalyzes the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of maltose to maltose 1-phosphate. Is involved in a branched alpha-glucan biosynthetic pathway from trehalose, together with TreS, GlgE and GlgB (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + D-maltose = ADP + alpha-maltose 1-phosphate + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:31915, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:17306, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:63576, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.1.175;
Pathway: Glycan biosynthesis; glycogen biosynthesis.
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the aminoglycoside phosphotransferase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.