Some human diseases cause a malfunction in protein phosphatases. Describe a protein phosphatase and its role in cell signaling,

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Some human diseases cause a malfunction in protein phosphatases. Describe a protein phosphatase and its role in cell signaling,

and then explain how a malfunction in this type of protein would affect signaling pathways.

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Cerrena [4.2K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-26T14:41:03+03:00

Protein phosphates have the opposite effect as protein kinases. They dephosphorylate proteins. An example is the Protein phosphatase 1 that is significant to transcription regulation in the cell nucleus. If Protein phosphatases are not working, the cells would be unable to respond to environmental stimuli and would die.