Phosphatase Subfamily STS

Phosphatase Classification: Fold HP: Superfamily HP (histidine phosphatase): HP, branch1 family: Subfamily STS

Evolution

STS subfamily is found in most metazoan. Human has two STSs: STS-1 (TULA-2 or UBASH3B) and STS-2 (TULA-1 or UBASH3A). STS-2 is present in lobe-finned fish, birds and mammals, but not other bony fishes. STS-1 emerged earlier than STS-2, which is found in most metazoan, from sponge to nematodes, insects, fishes, birds, and mammals.

Domain

Metazoan PGAM5 has a N-terminal transmembrane region and HP1 phosphatase domain.

Functions

There are two TULAs in human, UBASH3A (STS-2 or TULA-1) and UBASH3B (STS-1 or TULA-2). Both TULAs negatively regulate the endocytosis of receptor tyrosine kinases. The UBA domain of TULA-1 and SH3-dependent Cbl-binding are required for this function. TULA-1 (STS-2) is a lymphoid protein, whereas TULA-2 (STS-1) is expressed ubiquitously. It has been shown that TULA-2 can dephosphorylate phospho-tyrosines on EGFR and Syk. The histidine phosphatase domain of TULA-2, but not of TULA-1, dephosphorylates the EGFR at multiple tyrosines, and thereby terminating its signalling and endocytosis [1]. TULA-2 decreases tyrosine phosphorylation of Syk in vivo and in vitro. Inactivated TULA-2 increases tyrosine phosphorylation of Syk in cells co-transfected to overexpress these proteins, thus acting as a dominant-negative form that suppresses dephosphorylation of Syk caused by endogenous TULA-2. However, the same assay on TULA-1 shows the phosphatase activity of TULA-1 is negligible compared to TULA-2 [2].

References

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