PTP4A2

Protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA, member 2

PDB rendering based on 1rxd.
Identifiers
Symbols PTP4A2; HH13; HH7-2; HU-PP-1; OV-1; PRL-2; PRL2; PTP4A; PTPCAAX2; ptp-IV1a; ptp-IV1b
External IDs OMIM601584 MGI1277117 HomoloGene20744 GeneCards: PTP4A2 Gene
EC number 3.1.3.48
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 8073 19244
Ensembl ENSG00000184007 ENSMUSG00000028788
UniProt Q12974 Q3UXF9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001195100.1 NM_008974
RefSeq (protein) NP_001182029.1 NP_033000
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
32.37 – 32.41 Mb
Chr 4:
129.49 – 129.53 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTP4A2 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to a small class of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are cell signaling molecules that play regulatory roles in a variety of cellular processes. PTPs in this class contain a protein tyrosine phosphatase catalytic domain and a characteristic C-terminal prenylation motif. This PTP has been shown to primarily associate with plasmic and endosomal membrane through its C-terminal prenylation. This PTP was found to interact with the beta-subunit of Rab geranylgeranyltransferase II (beta GGT II), and thus may function as a regulator of GGT II activity. Overexpression of this gene in mammalian cells conferred a transformed phenotype, which suggested its role in tumorigenesis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode two distinct isoforms have been described.[3]

References

  1. ^ Zhao Z, Lee CC, Monckton DG, Yazdani A, Coolbaugh MI, Li X, Bailey J, Shen Y, Caskey CT (Sep 1996). "Characterization and genomic mapping of genes and pseudogenes of a new human protein tyrosine phosphatase". Genomics 35 (1): 172–81. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0336. PMID 8661118. 
  2. ^ Zeng Q, Hong W, Tan YH (Apr 1998). "Mouse PRL-2 and PRL-3, two potentially prenylated protein tyrosine phosphatases homologous to PRL-1". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 244 (2): 421–7. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8291. PMID 9514946. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: PTP4A2 protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA, member 2". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8073. 

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