Lecithinase C: Difference between revisions
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox enzyme Phospholipase C (EC 3.1.4.3, lipophosphodiesterase I, Clostridium welchii α-toxin, Clostridium oedematiens β- and γ-toxins, lipophosphodiesterase C, phosphatidase C, heat-labile hemolysin, α-toxin) is an enzyme with systematic name phosphatidylcholine cholinephosphohydrolase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- a phosphatidylcholine + H2O 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol + phosphocholine
The bacterial enzyme is a zinc protein. It also acts on sphingomyelin and phosphatidylinositol.