UniProt functional annotation for P16466

UniProt code: P16466.

Organism: Proteus mirabilis.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Morganellaceae; Proteus.
 
Function: Bacterial hemolysins are exotoxins that attack blood cell membranes and cause cell rupture by mechanisms not clearly defined.
 
Function: Cell-bound hemolysin, which releases heme-iron from erythrocytes by interaction with the erythrocyte membrane. HpmA requires HpmB function.
 
Subcellular location: Cell outer membrane.
Miscellaneous: The conserved amphipathic domains in ShlA and HpmA may be responsible for pore formation.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.