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SUBMITTER: Zhang YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3091224 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yuan-Yuan YY Wu Jia-Wei JW Wang Zhi-Xin ZX
The Journal of biological chemistry 20110316 18
MAPK phosphatase 3 (MKP3) is highly specific for ERK1/2 inactivation via dephosphorylation of both phosphotyrosine and phosphothreonine critical for enzymatic activation. Here, we show that MKP3 is able to effectively dephosphorylate the phosphotyrosine, but not phosphothreonine, in the activation loop of p38α in vitro and in intact cells. The catalytic constant of the MKP3 reaction for p38α is comparable with that for ERK2. Remarkably, MKP3, ERK2, and phosphorylated p38α can form a stable terna ...[more]