UniProt functional annotation for Q548M1

UniProt code: Q548M1.

Organism: Escherichia coli.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Prevents misfolding and promotes the refolding and proper assembly of unfolded polypeptides generated under stress conditions. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00600, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000419}.
 
Subunit: Oligomer of 14 subunits composed of two stacked rings of 7 subunits. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00600, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000419}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00600}.
Similarity: Belongs to the chaperonin (HSP60) family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00006607, ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00600, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000418}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.