The production of the second messenger molecules diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) is mediated by calcium-activated phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C enzymes.
Subcellular locations: Cytoplasm, Membrane
Expressed in brain and to a lower extent in lung. In brain, it is found in cerebrum, cerebellum and spinal cord. In embryo expressed in the notochord, developing spinal cord (in a ventral to dorsal gradient), dorsal root ganglia, cerebellum and dermatomyosome.