EC number 3.1.4.3 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view | CAS number 9001-86-9 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry | |
Phospholipase C (EC 3.1.4.3, lipophosphodiesterase I, Clostridium welchii alpha-toxin, Clostridium oedematiens beta- and gamma-toxins, lipophosphodiesterase C, phosphatidase C, heat-labile hemolysin, alpha-toxin) is an enzyme with systematic name phosphatidylcholine cholinephosphohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
a phosphatidylcholine + H2OThe bacterial enzyme is a zinc protein. It also acts on sphingomyelin and phosphatidylinositol.
References
Lecithinase C Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA