Approaches to Study Phosphatases

Phosphatases play key roles in normal physiology and diseases. Studying phosphatases has been both essential and challenging, and the application of conventional genetic and biochemical methods has led to crucial but still limited understanding of their mechanisms, substrates, and exclusive function...

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Published in:ACS chemical biology 2016-11, Vol.11 (11), p.2944-2961
Main Authors: Fahs, Sara, Lujan, Pablo, Köhn, Maja
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Databases, Protein
Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases - metabolism
Phosphorylation
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Summary:Phosphatases play key roles in normal physiology and diseases. Studying phosphatases has been both essential and challenging, and the application of conventional genetic and biochemical methods has led to crucial but still limited understanding of their mechanisms, substrates, and exclusive functions within highly intricate networks. With the advances in technologies such as cellular imaging and molecular and chemical biology in terms of sensitive tools and methods, the phosphatase field has thrived in the past years and has set new insights for cell signaling studies and for therapeutic development. In this review, we give an overview of the existing interdisciplinary tools for phosphatases, give examples on how they have been applied to increase our understanding of these enzymes, and suggest how theyand other tools yet barely used in the phosphatase fieldmight be adapted to address future questions and challenges.
ISSN:1554-8929
1554-8937
DOI:10.1021/acschembio.6b00570