title: Mouse PRL-2 and PRL-3, two potentially prenylated protein tyrosine phosphatases homologous to PRL-1.
abstract: Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) play a fundamental role in regulating diverse cellular processes. PRL-1 is a unique nuclear PTP that is induced in mitogen-stimulated cells and regenerating liver. Database searches using the PRL-1 sequence led to the identification of mouse PRL-2 and PRL-3 which exhibit 87% and 76% identity to mouse PRL-1 in their amino acid sequences. All three mouse PRL proteins contain a C-terminal consensus sequence for prenylation. All PRL proteins bear significant sequence homology to Cdc14p and the recently identified tumor suppressor PTEN/MMAC1, in regions other than the conserved PTP signature motif. The nucleotide sequences of the coding regions of mouse PRL-2 and PRL-3 are, respectively, 71% and 62%, identical to mouse PRL-1, while the 5' un-translated regions of mouse PRL-1, PRL-2, and PRL-3 are much more divergent. Northern blot analysis revealed that PRL-2 is preferentially expressed in skeletal muscle, while PRL-3 is preferentially expressed in both skeletal muscle and heart, although both PRL-2 and PRL-3 are expressed at lower levels in other tissues.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D017368:Protein Prenylation; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C111534:Ptp4a3 protein, mouse; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C490198:PTP4A1 protein, human; C484730:PTP4A3 protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C087359:Ptp4a1 protein, mouse; C111533:Ptp4a2 protein, mouse