DUSP6

Dual specificity phosphatase 6

PDB rendering based on 1hzm.
Available structures
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Identifiers
SymbolsDUSP6 ; HH19; MKP3; PYST1
External IDsOMIM: 602748 MGI: 1914853 HomoloGene: 55621 ChEMBL: 1250381 GeneCards: DUSP6 Gene
EC number3.1.3.16, 3.1.3.48
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez184867603
EnsemblENSG00000139318ENSMUSG00000019960
UniProtQ16828Q9DBB1
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001946NM_026268
RefSeq (protein)NP_001937NP_080544
Location (UCSC)Chr 12:
89.74 – 89.75 Mb
Chr 10:
99.26 – 99.27 Mb
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Dual specificity phosphatase 6, also known as DUSP6, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DUSP6 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the dual specificity protein phosphatase subfamily. These phosphatases inactivate their target kinases by dephosphorylating both the phosphoserine/threonine and phosphotyrosine residues. They negatively regulate members of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase superfamily (MAPK/ERK, SAPK/JNK, p38), which are associated with cellular proliferation and differentiation. Different members of the family of dual specificity phosphatases show distinct substrate specificities for various MAP kinases, different tissue distribution and subcellular localization, and different modes of inducibility of their expression by extracellular stimuli. This gene product inactivates ERK2, is expressed in a variety of tissues with the highest levels in heart and pancreas and, unlike most other members of this family, is localized in the cytoplasm. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[1]

Interactions

DUSP6 has been shown to interact with MAPK3.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: DUSP6 dual specificity phosphatase 6".
  2. Muda M, Boschert U, Dickinson R, Martinou JC, Martinou I, Camps M, Schlegel W, Arkinstall S (February 1996). "MKP-3, a novel cytosolic protein-tyrosine phosphatase that exemplifies a new class of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (8): 4319–26. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.8.4319. PMID 8626780.
  3. Smith A, Price C, Cullen M, Muda M, King A, Ozanne B, Arkinstall S, Ashworth A (June 1997). "Chromosomal localization of three human dual specificity phosphatase genes (DUSP4, DUSP6, and DUSP7)". Genomics 42 (3): 524–7. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4756. PMID 9205128.
  4. Muda, M; Theodosiou A, Gillieron C, Smith A, Chabert C, Camps M, Boschert U, Rodrigues N, Davies K, Ashworth A, Arkinstall S (Apr 1998). "The mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-3 N-terminal noncatalytic region is responsible for tight substrate binding and enzymatic specificity". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 273 (15): 9323–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.15.9323. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 9535927.

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