Biology:PTPRH

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase H is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTPRH gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP possesses an extracellular region, a single transmembrane region, and a single intracytoplasmic catalytic domain, and thus represents a receptor-type PTP. The extracellular region contains eight fibronectin type III-like repeats and multiple N-glycosylation sites. The gene was shown to be expressed primarily in brain and liver, and at a lower level in heart and stomach. It was also found to be expressed in several cancer cell lines, but not in the corresponding normal tissues.[2]

References

  1. "Molecular cloning of a human transmembrane-type protein tyrosine phosphatase and its expression in gastrointestinal cancers". J Biol Chem 269 (3): 2075–81. Feb 1994. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(17)42137-5. PMID 8294459. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: PTPRH protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, H". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5794. 

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