UniProt functional annotation for Q8ZN46

UniProt code: Q8ZN46.

Organism: Salmonella typhimurium (strain LT2 / SGSC1412 / ATCC 700720).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Salmonella.
 
Function: Protects the bacterial cell from host peptidases. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR038980}.
 
Similarity: Belongs to the protease inhibitor I39. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR038980}.
Similarity: Belongs to the protease inhibitor I39 (alpha-2- macroglobulin) family. Bacterial alpha-2-macroglobulin subfamily. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00010556}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.