Phosphatase Subfamily PPP4C
Phosphatase Classification: Fold MTDP: Superfamily MTDP: Family PPP: Subfamily PPP4C (catalytic subunit of PP4 holoenzyme)
Contents
Evolution
PPP4C is found in opisthokonta, amoebazoa and plants.
Domain
PPP4C has a single domain - phosphatase domain.
Functions
PPP4C, catalytic subunit of Protein Phosphatase 4 (PP4) holoenzyme, is closely related to PPP2C, the catalytic subunit of PP2A holoenzyme. Like PP1 and PP2A, holoenzyme PP4 consists of the catalytic subunit and one or two regulatory subunits. At least 6 different holoenzyme complexes have been found.
Mammal PP4 participates in a number of processes essential for normal cellular physiology, including microtubule organization, homologous recombination (HR)-mediated DNA repair, the DNA damage response, histone modification, apoptosis, immunoglobulin (Ig) VDJ recombination, pre-TCR signaling, TNF signaling, Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 signaling, and NF-κB regulation. Germline deletion of PP4 in mice is embryonic lethal, and conditional deletion of PP4 specifically in murine T cells severely impairs T cell development (see introduction in [1]).
PPP4C is implicated in cancer. For instance, high expression of PPP4C is associated with the aggressive malignant behavior of colorectal carcinoma [2].
PP4 dephoshorylate the phophorylated histone 2A variant, γ-H2AX, a marker for DNA damage and cell-cycle arrest. Interestingly, PP2A also dephosphorylates γ-H2AX.
PP4 in C. elegans is involved in M prophase, perhaps through dephosphorylate SUN-1 protein that is normally phosphorylated during the transition zone and early pachytene [3].
References
- Chen MY, Chen YP, Wu MS, Yu GY, Lin WJ, Tan TH, and Su YW. PP4 is essential for germinal center formation and class switch recombination in mice. PLoS One. 2014;9(9):e107505. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0107505 |
- Li X, Liang L, Huang L, Ma X, Li D, and Cai S. High expression of protein phosphatase 4 is associated with the aggressive malignant behavior of colorectal carcinoma. Mol Cancer. 2015 Apr 28;14:95. DOI:10.1186/s12943-015-0356-7 |
- Sato-Carlton A, Li X, Crawley O, Testori S, Martinez-Perez E, Sugimoto A, and Carlton PM. Protein phosphatase 4 promotes chromosome pairing and synapsis, and contributes to maintaining crossover competence with increasing age. PLoS Genet. 2014 Oct;10(10):e1004638. DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004638 |
