UniProt functional annotation for A4XGA6

UniProt code: A4XGA6.

Organism: Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus (strain ATCC 43494 / DSM 8903 / Tp8T 6331).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Thermoanaerobacterales; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III. Incertae Sedis; Caldicellulosiruptor.
 
Function: Catalyzes the reversible epimerization of cellobiose to 4-O- beta-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannose (Glc-Man). {ECO:0000256|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00929}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=D-cellobiose = beta-D-glucosyl-(1->4)-D-mannopyranose; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:23384, ChEBI:CHEBI:17057, ChEBI:CHEBI:47931; EC=5.1.3.11; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001470, ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00929};
Similarity: Belongs to the cellobiose 2-epimerase family. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00929}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.