title: Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the DUSP2 gene, encoding a MAP kinase phosphatase, to human 2p11.2-q11.
abstract: The mitogen-induced gene, DUSP2, encodes a nuclear protein, PAC1, that acts as a dual-specific protein phosphatase with stringent substrate specificity for MAP kinase. MAP kinase phosphorylation and consequent enzymatic activation is a central and often obligatory component in signal transduction initiated by growth factor stimulation or resulting from various types of oncogenic transformation. DUSP2 downregulates intracellular signal transduction through the dephosphorylation/inactivation of MAP kinases. To facilitate assessment of the possible role of DUSP2 in growth processes, the genomic structure and chromosomal location of the gene have been determined. DUSP2 has been localized to the pericentromeric region of human chromosome 2 (2p11.2-q11) by analysis of somatic cell hybrids, in situ chromosome hybridization, and genetic linkage analysis using a single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) that has been identified in the 3' UTR of the gene. No consistent translocations or deletions at this chromosomal site have been reported in hematopoietic neoplasias or other tumors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weremowicz
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D054641:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 2; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; C517032:DUSP2 protein, human; D054641:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 2; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases