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IRISSAK [1]
3 years ago
14

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.
Biology
1 answer:
Cerrena [4.2K]3 years ago
5 0

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.

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