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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a severe congenital muscle disorder due to mutations in the MTM1 gene. The corresponding protein, myotubularin, contains the consensus active site of tyrosine phosphatases (PTP) but otherwise shows no homology to other phosphatases. Myotubularin is able to hydrolyze a synthetic analogue of tyrosine phosphate, in a reaction inhibited by orthovanadate, and was recently shown to act on both phosphotyrosine and phosphoserine. This gene is conserved down to yeast and strong homologies were found with human ESTs, thus defining a new dual specificity phosphatase (DSP) family. We report the presence of novel members of the MTM gene family in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Caenorhabditis elegans, zebrafish, Drosophila, mouse and man. This represents the largest family of DSPs described to date. Eight MTM-related genes were found in the human genome and we determined the chromosomal localization and expression pattern for most of them. A subclass of the myotubularin homologues lacks a functional PTP active site. Missense mutations found in XLMTM patients affect residues conserved in a Drosophila homologue. Comparison of the various genes allowed construction of a phylogenetic tree and reveals conserved residues which may be essential for function. These genes may be good candidates for other genetic diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1703-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Chromosomes, Human, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Expressed Sequence Tags, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Muscle Hypotonia, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Schizosaccharomyces, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:9736772-Zebrafish
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of the myotubularin dual specificity phosphatase gene family from yeast to human.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, 1 rue Laurent Fries, BP 163, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't