| UniProt functional annotation for P05820 | |||
| UniProt code: P05820. |
| Organism: | Escherichia coli. | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. | |
| Function: | Colicins are polypeptide toxins produced by and active against E.coli and closely related bacteria. | |
| Function: | This is a calcium-requiring inhibitor for murein biosynthesis; it causes lysis of sensitive cells accompanied by murein degradation. The target site is possibly the cytoplasmic membrane. | |
| Miscellaneous: | This colicin requires TonB for its uptake. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.