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PPP2R2B

Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 55 kDa regulatory subunit B beta isoform is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PPP2R2B gene.[1][2]

The product of this gene belongs to the phosphatase 2regulatory subunit B family. Protein phosphatase 2 is one of the four major Ser/Thr phosphatases, and it is implicated in the negative control of cell growth and division. It consists of a common heteromeric core enzyme, which is composed of a catalytic subunit and a constant regulatory subunit, that associates with a variety of regulatory subunits. The B regulatory subunit might modulate substrate selectivity and catalytic activity. This gene encodes a beta isoform of the regulatory subunit B55 subfamily. Defects in the 5′ UTR of this gene may cause a rare form of autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia 12.[3]

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References

  1. Mayer RE, Hendrix P, Cron P, Matthies R, Stone SR, Goris J, Merlevede W, Hofsteenge J, Hemmings BA (May 1991). “Structure of the 55-kDa regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A: evidence for a neuronal-specific isoform”. Biochemistry. 30 (15): 3589–97. doi:10.1021/bi00229a001. PMID 1849734.
  2. Holmes SE, O’Hearn EE, McInnis MG, Gorelick-Feldman DA, Kleiderlein JJ, Callahan C, Kwak NG, Ingersoll-Ashworth RG, Sherr M, Sumner AJ, Sharp AH, Ananth U, Seltzer WK, Boss MA, Vieria-Saecker AM, Epplen JT, Riess O, Ross CA, Margolis RL (Dec 1999). “Expansion of a novel CAG trinucleotide repeat in the 5′ region of PPP2R2B is associated with SCA12”. Nat Genet. 23 (4): 391–2. doi:10.1038/70493. PMID 10581021.
  3. “Entrez Gene: PPP2R2B protein phosphatase 2 (formerly 2A), regulatory subunit B, beta isoform”.
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