Title |
TULA-family proteins: an odd couple
|
---|---|
Published in |
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, July 2009
|
DOI | 10.1007/s00018-009-0071-x |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Alexander Y. Tsygankov |
Abstract |
Two members of the TULA family (TULA/STS-2/UBASH3A and TULA-2/STS-1/UBASH3B) recently emerged as novel regulators of several cellular functions. The degree of structural similarity between the TULA-family proteins is typical for proteins that belong to the same family. Furthermore, the experiments with knockout mice lacking these proteins may be interpreted as suggesting that functions of TULA-family proteins in T lymphocytes overlap. At the same time, TULA and TULA-2 exhibit clear functional dissimilarities, starting with the finding that a conserved phosphatase domain present in both proteins exhibits remarkable differences in enzymatic activity; TULA-2 is an active phosphatase capable of dephosphorylating multiple tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, whereas the phosphatase activity of TULA is extremely low. In contrast, TULA, but not TULA-2, facilitates growth factor withdrawal-induced apoptosis in T cells. In spite of their apparent importance, the functional role of TULA-family proteins is not well understood. In particular, the role of functional dissimilarities between them remains unclear. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 24 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 33% |
Researcher | 6 | 25% |
Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 1 | 4% |
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 4% |
Other | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 4 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 46% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 17% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 8% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 5 | 21% |