LOCUS       118363        288 aa                              01-MAY-1992
DEFINITION  OROTIDINE 5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE (OMP DECARBOXYLASE).
ACCESSION   118363
PID         g118363
DBSOURCE    SWISS-PROT: locus DCOP_MYXXA, accession P24220
            class: standard.
            created: Mar 1, 1992.
            sequence updated: Mar 1, 1992.
            annotation updated: May 1, 1992.
            xrefs: genbank accession M79324, gi: 150103
            xrefs (non-sequence databases): PROSITE PS00156
KEYWORDS    PYRIMIDINE BIOSYNTHESIS; LYASE; DECARBOXYLASE.
SOURCE      Myxococcus xanthus.
  ORGANISM  Myxococcus xanthus
            Eubacteria; Proteobacteria; delta subdivision; Myxobacteria;
            Myxococcales; Myxococcaceae; Myxococcus.
REFERENCE   1  (residues 1 to 288)
  AUTHORS   Kimsey,H.H. and Kaiser,D.
  TITLE     The orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase gene of Myxococcus
            xanthus. Comparison to the OMP decarboxylase gene family
  JOURNAL   J. Biol. Chem. 267 (2), 819-824 (1992)
  MEDLINE   92112814
  REMARK    SEQUENCE FROM N.A.
            STRAIN=DK1622
COMMENT     [CATALYTIC ACTIVITY] OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE = UMP + CO(2).
            [PATHWAY] SIXTH AND LAST STEP IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF PYRIMIDINES.
            [SIMILARITY] LITTLE, TO OTHER OMP DECARBOXYLASES.
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..288
                     /organism="Myxococcus xanthus"
                     1..288
     Protein         1..288
                     /gene="URAA"
                     /product="OROTIDINE 5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE"
                     /EC_number="4.1.1.23"
     Site            99
                     /evidence=not_experimental
                     /site_type="active"
ORIGIN      
        1 mttpqpfahr fsqlaeqrsp fclgidpsrd lltrwglpdn arglrdfcer vadaagssva
       61 vvkpqsaffe rhgpeglqvl qelmrrfksv gtltlldvkr gdigstmeay aetvfgegsa
      121 yeadaatfta ylglgallkt lerarasgaa aflvvrssnp egtslqmsrg edgrtvaeal
      181 adglrafnek pgqdaapvag avmgatlpds drgvierlgg allltpgiga qgagfddlkr
      241 lfagreaqvi ptatrsvlea gpdtaalrqa lerhlapara fratarps
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