Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Control of Metabolism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bence, Kendra K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Endocrinology.; Biochemistry.; Proteins.; Life Sciences.; Protein Science.; Biochemistry, general.; Biomedicine general.

Tyrosine phosphorylation is a rapid and reversible protein modification catalyzed by the yin and yang activities of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs).  A multitude of PTPs have been implicated in human disease, with a growing number of PTPs now known to play ma...