UniProt functional annotation for P34024

UniProt code: P34024.

Organism: Listeria monocytogenes serovar 1/2a (strain ATCC BAA-679 / EGD-e).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Listeriaceae; Listeria.
 
Function: Cleaves glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) and phosphatidylinositol (PI) anchors but not PI phosphates. Important factor in pathogenesis, PI-PLC activity is present only in virulent listeria species. It may participate in the lysis of the phagolysosomal membrane.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1D-myo-inositol) = 1D-myo- inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate + a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:17093, ChEBI:CHEBI:17815, ChEBI:CHEBI:57880, ChEBI:CHEBI:58484; EC=4.6.1.13;
Subunit: Monomer.
Subcellular location: Secreted. Cytoplasm. Note=Secreted and, to a lesser extent, cytoplasmic.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.