UniProt functional annotation for P0AEB5

UniProt code: P0AEB5.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Mechanosensitive channel that protects cells against hypoosmotic stress when highly overexpressed. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22874652}.
 
Subunit: Homoheptamer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22874652}.
Subcellular location: Cell inner membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15919996, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22874652}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15919996, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22874652}.
Similarity: Belongs to the MscS (TC 1.A.23) family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.