UniProt functional annotation for I0JZ23

UniProt code: I0JZ23.

Organism: Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum (strain SolV).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Verrucomicrobia; Methylacidiphilae; Methylacidiphilales; Methylacidiphilaceae; Methylacidiphilum.
 
Function: Catalyzes the condensation of (S)-aspartate-beta-semialdehyde [(S)-ASA] and pyruvate to 4-hydroxy-tetrahydrodipicolinate (HTPA). {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00003294, ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00418}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=L-aspartate 4-semialdehyde + pyruvate = (2S,4S)-4- hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrodipicolinate + H(+) + H2O; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:34171, ChEBI:CHEBI:15361, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:67139, ChEBI:CHEBI:537519; EC=4.3.3.7; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00000594, ECO:0000256|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00418};
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-lysine biosynthesis via DAP pathway; (S)-tetrahydrodipicolinate from L-aspartate: step 3/4. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00005120, ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00418}.
Subunit: Homotetramer; dimer of dimers. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00418}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00418}.
Similarity: Belongs to the DapA family. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00418, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR001365}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.