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Dual specificity phosphatase 6 (DUSP6) is a phosphatase enzyme that is encoded by the DUSP6 gene in humans.[5][6][7]

Function

DUSP6 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.

DUSP6 inactivates ERK2 and 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.[5]

Interactions

DUSP6 has been shown to interact with MAPK3.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000139318Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000019960Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ “Human PubMed Reference:”. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ “Mouse PubMed Reference:”. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b “Entrez Gene: DUSP6 dual specificity phosphatase 6”.
  6. ^ 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”. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (8): 4319–26. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.8.4319. PMID 8626780.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Muda M, Theodosiou A, Gillieron C, Smith A, Chabert C, Camps M, Boschert U, Rodrigues N, Davies K, Ashworth A, Arkinstall S (April 1998). “The mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-3 N-terminal noncatalytic region is responsible for tight substrate binding and enzymatic specificity”. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (15): 9323–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.15.9323. PMID 9535927.

Further reading

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q16828 (Dual specificity protein phosphatase 6) at the PDBe-KB.