UniProt functional annotation for P42527

UniProt code: P42527.

Organism: Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Amoebozoa; Evosea; Eumycetozoa; Dictyostelia; Dictyosteliales; Dictyosteliaceae; Dictyostelium.
 
Function: Phosphorylates threonine in the C-terminal tail region of myosin II heavy chain. This phosphorylation is critical in regulating the assembly and disassembly of myosin II filament. Requires autophosphorylation for activity.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-threonyl-[myosin heavy-chain] = ADP + H(+) + O- phospho-L-threonyl-[myosin heavy-chain]; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11424, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:13718, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:13719, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30013, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:61977, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.11.7;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Name=Mn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29035;
Subunit: Oligomer.
Ptm: The N-terminus is blocked.
Similarity: Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Alpha-type protein kinase family. ALPK subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.