UniProt functional annotation for Q4FTX3

UniProt code: Q4FTX3.

Organism: Psychrobacter arcticus (strain DSM 17307 / VKM B-2377 / 273-4).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales; Moraxellaceae; Psychrobacter.
 
Function: Required for the first step of histidine biosynthesis. May allow the feedback regulation of ATP phosphoribosyltransferase activity by histidine. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00125}.
 
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-histidine biosynthesis; L-histidine from 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate: step 1/9. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00125}.
Subunit: Heteromultimer composed of HisG and HisZ subunits. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00125}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00125}.
Miscellaneous: This function is generally fulfilled by the C-terminal part of HisG, which is missing in some bacteria such as this one.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. HisZ subfamily. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00125}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=AAZ18535.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.