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The structure and regulation of myotubularin phosphatases.
Current opinion in structural biology - 1 Dec 2005
Begley Michael J, Dixon Jack E
Abstract excerpt
The human neuromuscular diseases X-linked myotubular myopathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4B are caused by mutations in myotubularin family proteins. The myotubularins are a unique subfamily of protein tyrosine phosphatases that utilize inositol phospholipids, rather than phosphoproteins, as substrates. Recent structural studies, including the first crystal structure of a myotubularin family protein,...
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