UniProt functional annotation for Q1JUQ0

UniProt code: Q1JUQ0.

Organism: Azospirillum brasilense.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodospirillales; Rhodospirillaceae; Azospirillum.
 
Function: Catalyzes the dehydration of L-2-keto-3-deoxyarabonate (L- KDA) to alpha-ketoglutaric semialdehyde (alphaKGSA). Is involved in a degradation pathway of L-arabinose that allows A.brasilense to grow on L-arabinose as a sole carbon source. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16950779}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2-dehydro-3-deoxy-L-arabinonate = 2,5-dioxopentanoate + H2O; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:17201, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:35173, ChEBI:CHEBI:58136; EC=4.2.1.43; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16950779, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17565178};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16950779, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17565178, ECO:0000269|Ref.4}.
Similarity: Belongs to the DapA family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.