Protein Name protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit alpha
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 5499
Gene Symbol

PPP1CA

UniProt P62136 (PP1A_HUMAN), A0A140VJS9 (A0A140VJS9_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 64
Total Number of Articles : 64
Description

protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit alpha

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is one of the three catalytic subunits of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1). This broadly expressed gene encodes the alpha subunit of the PP1 complex that associates with over 200 regulatory proteins to form holoenzymes which dephosphorylate their biological targets with high specificity. PP1 is a serine/threonine specific protein phosphatase known to be involved in the regulation of a variety of cellular processes, such as cell division, glycogen metabolism, muscle contractility, protein synthesis, and HIV-1 viral transcription. Increased PP1 activity has been observed in the end stage of heart failure. Studies suggest that PP1 is an important regulator of cardiac function and that PP1 deregulation is implicated in diabetes and multiple types of cancer. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]

synonyms
  • serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-alpha catalytic subunit
  • protein phosphatase 1, catalytic subunit, alpha isozyme
  • serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP1-alpha 1 catalytic subunit
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