Preferred Label : Protein Phosphatase 2C;
MeSH definition : One of four major classes of mammalian serine/threonine specific protein phosphatases.
Protein phosphatase 2C is a monomeric enzyme about 42 kDa in size. It shows broad
substrate specificity dependent on divalent cations (mainly manganese and magnesium).
Three isozymes are known in mammals: PP2C -alpha, -beta and -gamma. In yeast, there
are four PP2C homologues: phosphatase PTC1 that have weak tyrosine phosphatase activity,
phosphatase PTC2, phosphatase PTC3, and PTC4. Isozymes of PP2C also occur in Arabidopsis
thaliana where the kinase-associated protein phosphatase (KAPP) containing a C-terminal
PP2C domain, dephosphorylates Ser/Thr receptor-like kinase RLK5.;
MeSH synonym : 2C, Protein Phosphatase; Phosphatase 2C, Protein; PPM1 Protein Phosphatases; Phosphatases, PPM1 Protein; Protein Phosphatases, PPM1; Ptc2 Phosphatase; Phosphatase, Ptc2; PPM1 Magnesium-Dependent Protein Phosphatases; PPM1 Magnesium Dependent Protein Phosphatases;
DeCS synonym : Protein Phosphatase 2C delta; Protein Phosphatase 2C gamma; Magnesium-Dependent Protein Phosphatase 2C beta; Protein Phosphatase 2C epsilon; Protein Phosphatase 2C beta;
MeSH hyponym : PP2Cepsilon; PPM1E Phosphatase; Phosphatase, PPM1E; PP2C beta; beta, PP2C; Ppm1b Phosphatase; Phosphatase, Ppm1b; Protein Phosphatase 1D Magnesium-Dependent, delta isoform; Protein Phosphatase 1D Magnesium Dependent, delta isoform; PPM1D Phosphatase; Phosphatase, PPM1D; PP2Cgamma; PPM1G Phosphatase; Phosphatase, PPM1G; Magnesium Dependent Protein Phosphatase 2C beta;
MeSH Related Number : EC 3.1.3.-; EC 3.1.3.16; EC 3.1.3.43;
Registry Number MeSH : EC 3.1.3.16;
UNII : EC 3.1.3.16;
Origin ID : D000071636;
UMLS CUI : C0247248;
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One of four major classes of mammalian serine/threonine specific protein phosphatases.
Protein phosphatase 2C is a monomeric enzyme about 42 kDa in size. It shows broad
substrate specificity dependent on divalent cations (mainly manganese and magnesium).
Three isozymes are known in mammals: PP2C -alpha, -beta and -gamma. In yeast, there
are four PP2C homologues: phosphatase PTC1 that have weak tyrosine phosphatase activity,
phosphatase PTC2, phosphatase PTC3, and PTC4. Isozymes of PP2C also occur in Arabidopsis
thaliana where the kinase-associated protein phosphatase (KAPP) containing a C-terminal
PP2C domain, dephosphorylates Ser/Thr receptor-like kinase RLK5.