UniProt functional annotation for A0R5M9

UniProt code: A0R5M9.

Organism: Mycolicibacterium smegmatis (strain ATCC 700084 / mc(2)155) (Mycobacterium smegmatis).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycolicibacterium.
 
Function: Catalyzes the hydrolysis of the gamma-glutamyl amide bond of hercynyl-gamma-L-glutamyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide to produce hercynylcysteine sulfoxide, a step in the biosynthesis pathway of ergothioneine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20420449}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H2O + L-gamma-glutamyl-hercynylcysteine S-oxide = L-glutamate + S-(hercyn-2-yl)-L-cysteine S-oxide; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:42684, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:29985, ChEBI:CHEBI:82703, ChEBI:CHEBI:82706; EC=3.5.1.118; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20420449};
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; ergothioneine biosynthesis. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:20420449}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.