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UniProt functional annotation for P01514 | ||
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| UniProt code: P01514. |
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| Organism: | |
Vespula lewisii (Korean yellow-jacket wasp) (Vespula flaviceps lewisii). |
| Taxonomy: | |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Vespoidea; Vespidae; Vespinae; Vespula. |
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| Function: | |
Mast cell degranulating peptide. Activates G proteins that couple to phospholipase C. May be able to switch from an in-plane to a transmembrane orientation in lipid bilayers. |
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| Subcellular location: | |
Secreted. Target cell membrane {ECO:0000305}. Note=Forms a membrane channel in the prey. {ECO:0000305}. |
| Tissue specificity: | |
Expressed by the venom gland. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the MCD family. Mastoparan subfamily. {ECO:0000305}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.