UniProt functional annotation for P95480

UniProt code: P95480.

Organism: Pseudomonas fluorescens.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadaceae; Pseudomonas.
 
Function: Involved in the biosynthesis of the antifungal antibiotic pyrrolnitrin. Catalyzes the chlorination of tryptophan (Trp) at C7 position to yield 7-chloro-L-tryptophan (7-CLT). The reaction between FADH2, Cl-, and O2 generates the powerful oxidant HOCl, which is presumed to carry out the chlorination reaction. The reaction of HOCl with the active site Lys-79 generates a lysine chloramine, which plays a key role in directing regiospecific chlorination of substrate in this important class of biosynthetic enzymes. It is also able to use bromide ions to generate monobrominated Trp. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10941070, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9172332, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9537395}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=chloride + FADH2 + L-tryptophan + O2 = 7-chloro-L-tryptophan + FAD + 2 H2O; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:26494, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15379, ChEBI:CHEBI:17996, ChEBI:CHEBI:57692, ChEBI:CHEBI:57912, ChEBI:CHEBI:58307, ChEBI:CHEBI:58713; EC=1.14.19.9; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:9537395};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=17.1 uM for tryptophan (with FAD at pH 7.2 and 30 degrees Celsius) {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18979475}; Vmax=43 pmol/min/mg enzyme {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18979475};
Pathway: Antibiotic biosynthesis.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16195462, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18979475}.
Disruption phenotype: Cells lacking this gene lose the ability to produce pyrrolnitrin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9172332, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9537395}.
Similarity: Belongs to the flavin-dependent halogenase family. Bacterial tryptophan halogenase subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.