Ciona intestinalis      PPM/PP2C


※ PP2C family introduction

    Metal-dependent protein phosphatases (PPM) include protein phosphatases which dependent on manganese/magnesium ions (Mn2+/Mg2+). PPM group contains a high conserved catalytic domain instead of catalytic subunit and different regulatory domains determining the substrate recognition and function diversity. Like PPP group, metal ions play an important role in dephosphorylation reaction (1). PP2C contains 19 members in human genome, including PP2C like phosphatases. What's more, PP2C is one of the largest type of protein phosphatases in plants with at least 76 members in Arabidopsis thaliana. PP2C family members are involved in varieties of cellular processes including cell cycle, splicing, cellular stress signaling and some members function as tumor suppressor (2).

Reference
1. Shi, Y. (2009) Serine/threonine phosphatases: mechanism through structure. Cell, 139, 468-484. PMID: 19879837
2. Lammers, T. and Lavi, S. (2007) Role of type 2C protein phosphatases in growth regulation and in cellular stress signaling. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol, 42, 437-461. PMID: 18066953


There are 9 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (9

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Cii-0335
ENSCING00000002414.3
F6QHU2
2
iEKPD-Cii-0329
ENSCING00000012896.2
F6PTJ9
3
iEKPD-Cii-0294
ENSCING00000020770.1
H2Y3J2
4
iEKPD-Cii-0337
ENSCING00000024121.1
H2XNS7
5
iEKPD-Cii-0328
ENSCING00000004389.3
F7AUM2
LOC100178049
6
iEKPD-Cii-0343
ENSCING00000003713.3
F7BEV9
LOC100179989
7
iEKPD-Cii-0330
ENSCING00000007973.3
F6WRK0
LOC100181266
8
iEKPD-Cii-0334
ENSCING00000008148.3
F6VFZ2
LOC100183363
9
iEKPD-Cii-0346
ENSCING00000007208.3
F6Y7N9
LOC100183669