PP2A-alpha Antibody – Rabbit

This gene encodes the phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit. Protein phosphatase 2A is one of the four major Ser/Thr phosphatases, and it is implicated in the negative control of cell growth and division. It consists of a common heteromeric core enzyme, which is composed of a catalytic subunit and a constant regulatory subunit, that associates with a variety of regulatory subunits. This gene encodes an alpha isoform of the catalytic subunit. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

PPP2CA: ubiquitous cytosolic Ser/Thr protein phosphatase, catalytic subunit. The holoenzyme consists of a 36 kDa catalytic subunit (subunit C) and a 65 kDa constant regulatory subunit (PR65 or subunit A), that associates with a variety of regulatory subunits. Proteins that associate with the core dimer include three families of regulatory subunits B (the R2/B/PR55/B55, R3/B'/PR72/PR130/PR59 and R5/B'/B56 families), the 48 kDa variable regulatory subunit, viral proteins, and cell signaling molecules.

Protein type: EC 3.1.3.16; Protein phosphatase, Ser/Thr (non-receptor); Motility/polarity/chemotaxis

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 5q31.1

Cellular Component: microtubule cytoskeleton; spindle pole; protein phosphatase type 2A complex; membrane; mitochondrion; plasma membrane; nucleus; cytosol; chromosome, pericentric region

Molecular Function: protein C-terminus binding; protein dimerization activity; protein binding; metal ion binding; GABA receptor binding; protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity

Biological Process: mitotic nuclear envelope reassembly; apoptosis; regulation of protein amino acid autophosphorylation; protein amino acid dephosphorylation; response to organic substance; regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; meiotic cell cycle; regulation of cell differentiation; regulation of growth; mesoderm development; regulation of receptor activity; inactivation of MAPK activity; regulation of DNA replication; regulation of cell adhesion; second-messenger-mediated signaling; fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway; RNA splicing; regulation of Wnt receptor signaling pathway; mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay; negative regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of Stat3 protein; gene expression; regulation of protein catabolic process; mitotic cell cycle; negative regulation of cell growth; ceramide metabolic process