dual specificity phosphatase domain of dual specificity protein phosphatase 5
Dual specificity protein phosphatase 5 (DUSP5) functions as a protein-serine/threonine phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.16) and a protein-tyrosine-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.48). Like other mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatases (MKPs), it deactivates its MAPK substrates by dephosphorylating the threonine and tyrosine residues in the conserved Thr-Xaa-Tyr motif residing in their activation sites. It belongs to the class I subfamily and is a mitogen- and stress-inducible nuclear MKP. DUSP5 preferentially dephosphorylates extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and is involved in ERK signaling and ERK-dependent inflammatory gene expression in adipocytes. It also plays a role in regulating pressure-dependent myogenic cerebral arterial constriction, which is crucial for the maintenance of constant cerebral blood flow to the brain. DUSP5 contains an N-terminal Cdc25/rhodanese-like domain, which is responsible for MAPK-binding, and a C-terminal catalytic dual specificity phosphatase domain.