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Human PPM1A / PP2CA / PP2C-alpha Protein (His Tag)

PP2C-ALPHA,PP2CA,PP2Calpha

Catalog Number P12984-H08E
Organism Species Human
Host E. coli
Synonyms PP2C-ALPHA,PP2CA,PP2Calpha
Molecular Weight The recombinant human PPM1A consisting of 392 amino acids and has a calculated molecular mass of 43.8 kDa. It migrates as an approximately 47 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N Met 1
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 85 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the human PPM1A isoform alpha-1 (P35813-1) (Met 1-Trp 382) was fused with a polyhistidine tag at the C-terminus.
Bio-activity
Research Area Cardiovascular |Heart |Apoptosis |Intracellular |NF-kB (NFkB) Pathway
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile PBS, 10% glycerol, pH 7.5
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose and mannitol are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background Protein phosphatase 1A (PPM1A / PP2CA) is an enzyme belonging to the PP2C family of Ser / Thr protein phosphatases. Members of PP2C family are negative regulators of cell stress response pathways and the MAP kinases and MAP kinase kinases. It has also been demonstrated to inhibit the activation of p38 and JNK kinase cascades. PPM1A dephosphorylates and promotes nuclear export of TGFβ-activated Smad2/3. Ectopic expression of PPM1A abolishes TGFβ-induced antiproliferative and transcriptional responses, whereas depletion of PPM1A enhances TGFβ signaling in mammalian cells. It has been demonstrated that PPM1A / PP2CA, through dephosphorylation of Smad2/3, plays a critical role in terminating TGFβ signaling. Overexpression of PPM1A is reported to activate the expression of the tumor suppressor gene TP53 / p53, which leads to cell apoptosis.
Reference
  • Lin X, et al. (2006) PPM1A functions as a Smad phosphatase to terminate TGFbeta signaling. Cell. 125(5): 915-28.
  • Marc F, et al. (2003) Protein phosphatase 2C binds selectively to and dephosphorylates metabotropic glutamate receptor 3. Proc Natl Acad. 100 (26): 16006-11.
  • Mann DJ, et al. (1992) Mammalian protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2C: cDNA cloning and comparative analysis of amino acid sequences. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1130 (1): 100-4.