| UniProt functional annotation for Q6NAM1 | |||
| UniProt code: Q6NAM1. |
| Organism: | Rhodopseudomonas palustris (strain ATCC BAA-98 / CGA009). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Bradyrhizobiaceae; Rhodopseudomonas. | |
| Function: | Catalyzes the hydrolytic defluorination of fluoroacetate to produce glycolate. Has lower activity towards bromoacetate and chloroacetate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21510690, ECO:0000269|Ref.2}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=a haloacetate + H2O = a halide anion + glycolate + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11044, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16042, ChEBI:CHEBI:29805, ChEBI:CHEBI:85638; EC=3.8.1.3; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:21510690, ECO:0000269|Ref.2}; | |
| Biophysicochemical properties: | Kinetic parameters: KM=3.3 mM for fluoroacetate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21510690, ECO:0000269|Ref.2}; KM=1.4 mM for chloroacetate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21510690, ECO:0000269|Ref.2}; | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21510690}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the AB hydrolase superfamily. Epoxide hydrolase family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.