| 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.