NCBI Accession #
NP_001030660.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001035583.1
NCBI Official Full Name
phospholipase C 2
NCBI Official Symbol
PLC2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATPLC2; phospholipase C 2
NCBI Protein Information
phospholipase C 2
NCBI Summary
Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), catalyzes hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate into inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AtPLC2; PI-PLC2
UniProt Protein Name
Phosphoinositide phospholipase C 2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Phosphoinositide phospholipase PLC2; AtPLC2; PI-PLC2
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q39033
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q56XL3; Q8LG47
UniProt Related Accession #
Q39033
UniProt Comments
The production of the second messenger molecules diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) is mediated by activated phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C enzymes. At physiological calcium concentration, the preferred substrate is phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate versus phosphatidylinositol.