title: Emerging roles of nuclear protein phosphatases.
abstract: The phosphorylation state of any protein represents a balance of the actions of specific protein kinases and protein phosphatases. Many protein phosphatases are highly enriched in, or exclusive to, the nuclear compartment, where they dephosphorylate key substrates to regulate various nuclear processes. In this review we will discuss recent findings that define the role of nuclear protein phosphatases in controlling transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) and bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling, the DNA-damage response, RNA processing, cell-cycle progression and gene transcription.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4. moorhead@ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: Greg B G
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Moorhead
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trinkle-Mulcahy
authors.forename: Annegret
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ulke-Lemée
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D006801:Humans; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D011494:Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases