Acetate kinase EutQ

UniProtKB accession:  Q187N7

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UniProtKB description:  A bidirectional acetate kinase that may drive flux through the ethanolamine (EA) degradation pathway under anoxic conditions found when this bacteria infects the host intestine. It may generate ATP that can be used by other enzymes (EutA and EutT) in the eut pathway. Might serve as an assembly hub for bacterial microcompartment (BMC) shell proteins (By similarity). Overexpression in E.coli leads to lamellar structures that inhibit cell division (PubMed:23144756). Expression of the eut operon may allow this bacteria to use EA as a carbon, nitrogen and energy source (Probable).