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Structural insights into Noonan/LEOPARD syndrome-related mutants of protein-tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 (PTPN11).
BMC structural biology - 14 Mar 2014
Qiu Wei, Wang Xiaonan, Romanov Vladimir, Hutchinson Ashley, Lin Andrés, Ruzanov Maxim, Battaile Kevin P, Pai Emil F, Neel Benjamin G, Chirgadze Nickolay Y
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BACKGROUND: The ubiquitous non-receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 (encoded by PTPN11) plays a key role in RAS/ERK signaling downstream of most, if not all growth factors, cytokines and integrins, although its major substrates remain controversial. Mutations in PTPN11 lead to several distinct human diseases. Germ-line PTPN11 mutations cause about 50% of Noonan Syndrome (NS), which is among the most common...
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