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PTEN’s relevance is that without the PTEN suppressing tumors, you would have a higher increased odds of having multiple cancers, including but not limited to Breast and Prostate cancer. PTEN is one of the enzymes tested for when someone has their genes tested. The user is being testing for Hereditary cancer risk when looking at the portion of the genome containing PTEN. | PTEN’s relevance is that without the PTEN suppressing tumors, you would have a higher increased odds of having multiple cancers, including but not limited to Breast and Prostate cancer. PTEN is one of the enzymes tested for when someone has their genes tested. The user is being testing for Hereditary cancer risk when looking at the portion of the genome containing PTEN. | ||
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Revision as of 20:15, 30 April 2018
Structure
is a protein that consists of 403-amino acids. Breaking it down into two main parts (the C-terminal and the N-terminal) it has 166 residues on the C-terminal (C2 Domain) and 179 on the N-terminal (Phosphatase Domain). PTEN is consisted of Alpha helix and Beta pleated sheets. PTEN has a signature motif that forms a Walker loop (Phosphate-bonding loop) HCXXGXXR which is residues 123-130. The pocket of PTEN is about 8 angstroms deep. There are Cys, Arg, His, and Gly within the Walker loop. His and Gly are both important for the Walker loop, while the Cys and Arg are important for the catalytic ability of the PTEN enzyme. One difference from PTEN compared to other know Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPs) is the location of two Lys residues in the center of the Walker Loop.
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References
- ↑ Herraez A. Biomolecules in the computer: Jmol to the rescue. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2006 Jul;34(4):255-61. doi: 10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644. PMID:21638687 doi:10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644
