Chemicals and Drugs

Dual-Specificity Phosphatases

A sub-class of protein tyrosine phosphatases that contain an additional phosphatase activity which cleaves phosphate ester bonds on SERINE or THREONINE residues that are located on the same protein.

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Abstract

A sub-class of protein tyrosine phosphatases that contain an additional phosphatase activity which cleaves phosphate ester bonds on SERINE or THREONINE residues that are located on the same protein.

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7 entry terms
  • DUSP Phosphatases
  • Dual-Specificity Phosphatase
  • Dual Specificity Phosphatase
  • Dual Specificity Phosphatases
  • Phosphatase, Dual-Specificity
  • Phosphatases, DUSP
  • Phosphatases, Dual-Specificity

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

2008

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Previous Indexing

  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases (1992-2007)
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (1992-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dual-Specificity Phosphatases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054637. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054637
  2. Dual-Specificity Phosphatases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-specificity_phosphatase
  3. Dual-Specificity Phosphatases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24768328