Fischer, E. H., Charbonneau, H., Tonks, N. K. (July 1991) Protein tyrosine phosphatases: a diverse family of intracellular and transmembrane enzymes. Science, 253 (5018). pp. 401-406. ISSN 0036-8075
Abstract
Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) represent a diverse family of enzymes that exist as integral membrane and nonreceptor forms. The PTPs, with specific activities in vitro 10 to 1000 times greater than those of the protein tyrosine kinases would be expected to effectively control the amount of phosphotyrosine in the cell. They dephosphorylate tyrosyl residues in vivo and take part in signal transduction and cell cycle regulation. Most of the transmembrane forms, such as the leukocyte common antigen (CD45), contain two conserved intracellular catalytic domains; but their external segments are highly variable. The structural features of the transmembrane forms suggest that these receptor-linked PTPs are capable of transducing external signals; however, the ligands remain unidentified. A hypothesis is proposed explaining how phosphatases might act synergistically with the kinases to elicit a full physiological response, without regard to the state of phosphorylation of the target proteins.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LEUKOCYTE-COMMON ANTIGEN EPIDERMAL GROWTH-FACTOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASE RABBIT SKELETAL-MUSCLE CELL-CYCLE CONTROL CHICKEN-EMBRYO FIBROBLASTS XENOPUS-LAEVIS OOCYTES ROUS-SARCOMA VIRUS PHOSPHOTYROSYL-PROTEIN HUMAN-PLACENTA |
| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > enzymes bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > enzymes > protein phosphatase bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Tonks lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | July 1991 |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2013 15:42 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2013 15:42 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/29093 |
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