UniProt functional annotation for P24768

UniProt code: P24768.

Organism: Vaccinia virus (strain Western Reserve) (VACV) (Vaccinia virus (strain WR)).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Varidnaviria; Bamfordvirae; Nucleocytoviricota; Pokkesviricetes; Chitovirales; Poxviridae; Chordopoxvirinae; Orthopoxvirus; Vaccinia virus.
 
Function: Probable substrate-specific adapter of CUL3-containing E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases which mediate the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of host target proteins.
 
Subunit: Interacts (via BTB domain) with host CUL3. {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular location: Host cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Domain: The BTB domain is responsible for the interaction with CUL3 while the Kelch repeat domains supposely serve to recruit the cellular substrates. {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the poxviruses A55 protein family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.