UniProt functional annotation for P09598

UniProt code: P09598.

Organism: Bacillus cereus.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus; Bacillus cereus group.
 
Function: Required, with sphingomyelinase, to effect target cell lysis (hemolysis).
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = a 1,2-diacyl- sn-glycerol + H(+) + phosphocholine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:10604, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:17815, ChEBI:CHEBI:57643, ChEBI:CHEBI:295975; EC=3.1.4.3;
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Note=Binds 3 Zn(2+) ions per subunit.;
Subunit: Monomer.
Similarity: Belongs to the bacterial zinc-metallophospholipase C family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00678}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.