UniProt functional annotation for Q93UJ2

UniProt code: Q93UJ2.

Organism: Burkholderia pseudomallei (strain K96243).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria; Burkholderiales; Burkholderiaceae; Burkholderia; pseudomallei group.
 
Function: Catalyzes the isomerization of sedoheptulose 7-phosphate in D-glycero-D-manno-heptose 7-phosphate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20447408}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2 D-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate = D-glycero-alpha-D-manno- heptose 7-phosphate + D-glycero-beta-D-manno-heptose 7-phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:27489, ChEBI:CHEBI:57483, ChEBI:CHEBI:60203, ChEBI:CHEBI:60204; EC=5.3.1.28; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20447408};
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20447408}; Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20447408};
Pathway: Carbohydrate biosynthesis; D-glycero-D-manno-heptose 7- phosphate biosynthesis; D-glycero-alpha-D-manno-heptose 7-phosphate and D-glycero-beta-D-manno-heptose 7-phosphate from sedoheptulose 7- phosphate: step 1/1.
Pathway: Capsule biogenesis; capsule polysaccharide biosynthesis.
Subunit: Homotetramer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20447408}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Miscellaneous: The reaction produces a racemic mixture of D-glycero- alpha-D-manno-heptose 7-phosphate and D-glycero-beta-D-manno-heptose 7- phosphate.
Similarity: Belongs to the SIS family. GmhA subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.