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PTPRN

Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase-like N is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTPRN gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family and PTPRN subfamily. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP possesses an extracellular region, a single transmembrane region, and a single catalytic domain, and thus represents a receptor-type PTP. This PTP was found to be an autoantigen that is reactive with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patient sera, and thus may be a potential target of autoimmunity in diabetes mellitus.[2]

Interactions

Interactions

PTPRN has been shown to interact with SPTBN4.[3]

References

References

  1. Lan MS, Lu J, Goto Y, Notkins AL (August 1994). “Molecular cloning and identification of a receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase, IA-2, from human insulinoma”. DNA Cell Biol. 13 (5): 505–14. doi:10.1089/dna.1994.13.505. PMID 8024693.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: PTPRN protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, N”.
  3. Berghs S, Aggujaro D, Dirkx R, Maksimova E, Stabach P, Hermel JM, Zhang JP, Philbrick W, Slepnev V, Ort T, Solimena M (November 2000). “βiv Spectrin, a New Spectrin Localized at Axon Initial Segments and Nodes of Ranvier in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System”. J. Cell Biol. 151 (5): 985–1002. doi:10.1083/jcb.151.5.985. PMC 2174349. PMID 11086001.
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