UniProt functional annotation for P0DJY7

UniProt code: P0DJY7.

Organism: Streptococcus pyogenes.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae; Streptococcus.
 
Function: Causative agent of the symptoms associated with scarlet fever, have been associated with streptococcal toxic shock-like disease and may play a role in the early events of rheumatic fever.
 
Miscellaneous: Binds to major histocompatibility complex class II beta chain.
Miscellaneous: This toxin is coded by bacteriophage T12.
Similarity: Belongs to the staphylococcal/streptococcal toxin family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.