This gene encodes a member of the serine/threonine protein phosphatase with EF-hand motif family. The protein contains a protein phosphatase catalytic domain, and at least two EF-hand calcium-binding motifs in its C terminus. Although its substrate(s) is unknown, the encoded protein has been suggested to play a role in specific sensory neuron function and/or development. This gene shares high sequence similarity with the Drosophila retinal degeneration C (rdgC) gene. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants, each encoding a distinct isoform, have been described.[3]
↑Montini E, Rugarli EI, Van de Vosse E, Andolfi G, Mariani M, Puca AA, Consalez GG, den Dunnen JT, Ballabio A, Franco B (Jul 1997). "A novel human serine-threonine phosphatase related to the Drosophila retinal degeneration C (rdgC) gene is selectively expressed in sensory neurons of neural crest origin". Human Molecular Genetics. 6 (7): 1137–45. doi:10.1093/hmg/6.7.1137. PMID9215685.
↑Kutuzov MA, Solov'eva OV, Andreeva AV, Bennett N (May 2002). "Protein Ser/Thr phosphatases PPEF interact with calmodulin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 293 (3): 1047–52. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00338-8. PMID12051765.
Further reading
Herzig S, Neumann J (Jan 2000). "Effects of serine/threonine protein phosphatases on ion channels in excitable membranes". Physiological Reviews. 80 (1): 173–210. doi:10.1152/physrev.2000.80.1.173. PMID10617768.
Huang X, Honkanen RE (Jan 1998). "Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of a novel human serine/threonine protein phosphatase, PP7, that is homologous to Drosophila retinal degeneration C gene product (rdgC)". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (3): 1462–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.3.1462. PMID9430683.
Kutuzov MA, Solov'eva OV, Andreeva AV, Bennett N (May 2002). "Protein Ser/Thr phosphatases PPEF interact with calmodulin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 293 (3): 1047–52. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00338-8. PMID12051765.
Gevaert K, Goethals M, Martens L, Van Damme J, Staes A, Thomas GR, Vandekerckhove J (May 2003). "Exploring proteomes and analyzing protein processing by mass spectrometric identification of sorted N-terminal peptides". Nature Biotechnology. 21 (5): 566–9. doi:10.1038/nbt810. PMID12665801.
Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, Hirozane-Kishikawa T, Dricot A, Li N, Berriz GF, Gibbons FD, Dreze M, Ayivi-Guedehoussou N, Klitgord N, Simon C, Boxem M, Milstein S, Rosenberg J, Goldberg DS, Zhang LV, Wong SL, Franklin G, Li S, Albala JS, Lim J, Fraughton C, Llamosas E, Cevik S, Bex C, Lamesch P, Sikorski RS, Vandenhaute J, Zoghbi HY, Smolyar A, Bosak S, Sequerra R, Doucette-Stamm L, Cusick ME, Hill DE, Roth FP, Vidal M (Oct 2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature. 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID16189514.