UniProt functional annotation for O58403

UniProt code: O58403.

Organism: Pyrococcus horikoshii (strain ATCC 700860 / DSM 12428 / JCM 9974 / NBRC 100139 / OT-3).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=L-aspartate = D-aspartate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:14973, ChEBI:CHEBI:29990, ChEBI:CHEBI:29991; EC=5.1.1.13; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:17847084};
Activity regulation: Weakly inhibited by citrate, but not by asparagine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17847084}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.7 mM for L-aspartate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17847084};
Subunit: Homodimer. The existence of the interchain disulfide bond seen in the crystal structures is uncertain, but disulfide bonds have been reported for cytoplasmic proteins from thermophiles. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12051922, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17847084, ECO:0000305}.
Similarity: Belongs to the aspartate/glutamate racemases family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.