UniProt functional annotation for Q60AX2

UniProt code: Q60AX2.

Organism: Methylococcus capsulatus (strain ATCC 33009 / NCIMB 11132 / Bath).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Methylococcales; Methylococcaceae; Methylococcus.
 
Function: Oxygen-binding protein. May be involved in a storage mechanism or for delivery to oxygen-requiring enzymes. The oxygen- binding site contains two iron atoms. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15885093}.
 
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15885093, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18397812}.
Similarity: Belongs to the hemerythrin family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.