Type: | Family | Name: | Hly-III |
Description: | This family includes proteins from pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria, Homo sapiens(Human) and Drosophila melanogaster(Fruit fly). In Bacillus cereus, a pathogen, it has been show to function as a pore-forming hemolysin [, ]. The human protein is expressed preferentially in mature macrophages, consistent with a cytolytic role []. | Short Name: | Hy-lIII |