UniProt functional annotation for Q38BX0

UniProt code: Q38BX0.

Organism: Trypanosoma brucei brucei (strain 927/4 GUTat10.1).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Discoba; Euglenozoa; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Trypanosomatida; Trypanosomatidae; Trypanosoma.
 
Function: In association with the non-catalytic regulatory subunit DHSp, catalyzes the NAD-dependent oxidative cleavage of spermidine and the subsequent transfer of the butylamine moiety of spermidine to the epsilon-amino group of a specific lysine residue of the eIF5A precursor protein to form the intermediate deoxyhypusine residue. Regulates protein levels of its regulatory subunit DHSp. Required for cell growth and survival. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=[eIF5A protein]-L-lysine + spermidine = [eIF5A protein]- deoxyhypusine + propane-1,3-diamine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:33299, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:10143, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10144, ChEBI:CHEBI:29969, ChEBI:CHEBI:57484, ChEBI:CHEBI:57834, ChEBI:CHEBI:82657; EC=2.5.1.46; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104};
Cofactor: Name=NAD(+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57540; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}; Note=The binding sites for NAD(+) are contained in the regulatory subunit DHSp. {ECO:0000305};
Activity regulation: Allosterically activated by DHSp. Inhibited by spermididine analog N1-guanyl-1,7-diamineoheptane (GC7). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=82 uM for NAD(+) (at 37 degrees Celsius when bound to regulatory subunit DHSp) {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}; KM=0.7 uM for IF5A (at 37 degrees Celsius when bound to regulatory subunit DHSp) {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}; KM=43 uM for spermidine (at 37 degrees Celsius when bound to regulatory subunit DHSp) {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104};
Pathway: Protein modification; eIF5A hypusination. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}.
Subunit: Heterotetramer formed by a homodimer of the non-catalytic regulatory subunit DHSp and a homodimer of the catalytic subunit DHSc where DHSc appears to bind spermidine and DHSp appears to bind NAD(+). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}.
Subcellular location: Membrane {ECO:0000255}; Single-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}.
Disruption phenotype: RNAi-mediated knockdown causes cell growth arrest followed by death, loss of DHSp expression and a failure to sustain infection in mice. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23525104}.
Similarity: Belongs to the deoxyhypusine synthase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.