UniProt functional annotation for Q2FXJ2

UniProt code: Q2FXJ2.

Organism: Staphylococcus aureus (strain NCTC 8325 / PS 47).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Staphylococcaceae; Staphylococcus.
 
Function: Binds human plasma haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes, haptoglobin and hemoglobin. Binds haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes with significantly higher affinity than haptoglobin alone. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12823809}.
 
Subcellular location: Secreted, cell wall {ECO:0000305}; Peptidoglycan- anchor {ECO:0000305}.
Induction: Expression was observed only in the late logarithmic and stationary phase. Repressed by the ferric uptake repressor (fur) protein in the presence of iron.
Domain: The NEAT 1 domain binds with higher affinity than the NEAT 2 domain haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes, haptoglobin and hemoglobin. {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the IsdH family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.