Protein
Inorganic pyrophosphatase
Organism
Haloferax volcanii (strain ATCC 29605 / DSM 3757 / JCM 8879 / NBRC 14742 / NCIMB 2012 / VKM B-1768 / DS2)
Function
Catalyzes the hydrolysis of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) forming two phosphate ions (By similarity) (PubMed:26546423). The hydrolysis of PPi by inorganic pyrophosphatase releases a considerable amount of energy that can drive unfavorable biochemical transformations to completion (Probable). Is not active on nucleoside triphosphates (ATP, TTP, GTP, or CTP) or nucleoside diphosphate (ADP) (PubMed:26546423).
Similarity
Belongs to the PPase family.
Sequence
MVNLWEDMETGPNAPDEIYAVVECLKGERNKYEYDKDIPGVVLDRVLHSNVHYPSDYGFIPQTYYDDEDPFDVLVLVEDQTFPGCVIEARPVALMKMDDDGEQDDKVIAVPVEDPRYDHIEDLDDIPQQTLDEIDEFFATYKNLEAGKEVETLGWEDKQAAKDAIEHAMDLYEENFA