title: Serine/threonine phosphatases: mechanism through structure.
abstract: The reversible phosphorylation of proteins is accomplished by opposing activities of kinases and phosphatases. Relatively few protein serine/threonine phosphatases (PSPs) control the specific dephosphorylation of thousands of phosphoprotein substrates. Many PSPs, exemplified by protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and PP2A, achieve substrate specificity and regulation through combinatorial interactions between conserved catalytic subunits and a large number of regulatory subunits. Other PSPs, represented by PP2C and FCP/SCP, contain both catalytic and regulatory domains within the same polypeptide chain. Here, we discuss biochemical and structural investigations that advance the mechanistic understanding of the three major classes of PSPs, with a focus on PP2A.
authors.affiliation: Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. shi-lab@tsinghua.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yigong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2