UniProt functional annotation for P9WH13

UniProt code: P9WH13.

Organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
 
Function: Catalyzes the formation of dTDP-glucose, from dTTP and glucose 1-phosphate, as well as its pyrophosphorolysis. Involved in the biosynthesis of the dTDP-L-rhamnose which is a component of the critical linker, D-N-acetylglucosamine-L-rhamnose disaccharide, which connects the galactan region of arabinogalactan to peptidoglycan via a phosphodiester linkage. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17784859, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9084178}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate + dTTP + H(+) = diphosphate + dTDP-alpha-D-glucose; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:15225, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:37568, ChEBI:CHEBI:57477, ChEBI:CHEBI:58601; EC=2.7.7.24; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:9084178};
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Note=Binds 1 Mg(2+) ion per subunit. {ECO:0000250};
Pathway: Carbohydrate biosynthesis; dTDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis.
Similarity: Belongs to the glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.