UniProt functional annotation for Q8PYK9

UniProt code: Q8PYK9.

Organism: Methanosarcina mazei (strain ATCC BAA-159 / DSM 3647 / Goe1 / Go1 / JCM 11833 / OCM 88) (Methanosarcina frisia).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Stenosarchaea group; Methanomicrobia; Methanosarcinales; Methanosarcinaceae; Methanosarcina.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Cyclobutadipyrimidine (in DNA) = 2 pyrimidine residues (in DNA).; EC=4.1.99.3; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001860};
Similarity: Belongs to the DNA photolyase class-2 family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00006409}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.