Clostridium welchii lecithinase

MacFarlane, M. G. The biochemistry of bacterial toxins. 2. The enzymic specificity of Clostridium welchii lecithinase. Biochem. J. 42, 587—90 (1948). 

This zinc-dependent enzyme [EC 3.1.4.3] (also known as lipophosphodiesterase I, lecithinase C, Clostridium welchii ce-toxin, and Clostridium oedematiens 13- and y-toxins) catalyzes the hydrolysis of a phosphatidylcholine to produce 1,2-diacylglycerol and choline phosphate. The enzyme isolated from bacterial sources also acts on sphingomyelin and phosphatidylinositol however, the enzyme isolated from seminal plasma does not act on phosphatidylinositol. See Micelle... 

Lipophosphodiesterase I. Lecithinase C. Clostridium welchii alpha-toxin. Clostridium oedematiens beta- and gamma-toxins. 

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