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.