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    PPP2CA protein phosphatase 2 catalytic subunit alpha [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 5515, updated on 3-Nov-2024

    Summary

    Official Symbol
    PPP2CAprovided by HGNC
    Official Full Name
    protein phosphatase 2 catalytic subunit alphaprovided by HGNC
    Primary source
    HGNC:HGNC:9299
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSG00000113575 MIM:176915; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9299
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
    Also known as
    HJS3; RP-C; PP2Ac; PP2CA; NEDLBA; PP2Calpha
    Summary
    This gene encodes the phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit. Protein phosphatase 2A is one of the four major Ser/Thr phosphatases, and it is implicated in the negative control of cell growth and division. It consists of a common heteromeric core enzyme, which is composed of a catalytic subunit and a constant regulatory subunit, that associates with a variety of regulatory subunits. This gene encodes an alpha isoform of the catalytic subunit. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
    Expression
    Ubiquitous expression in brain (RPKM 63.8), bone marrow (RPKM 57.1) and 25 other tissues See more
    Orthologs
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    Genomic context

    See PPP2CA in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    5q31.1
    Exon count:
    8
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 5 NC_000005.10 (134194332..134226073, complement)
    RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 5 NC_060929.1 (134717969..134749722, complement)
    RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 5 NC_000005.9 (133530023..133561764, complement)

    Chromosome 5 - NC_000005.10Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene voltage dependent anion channel 1 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 16354 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23126 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23127 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 16355 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133457701-133458202 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23128 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133464814-133465636 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133465637-133466458 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23129 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23130 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23131 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23132 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133475053-133476030 Neighboring gene transcription factor 7 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23134 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23133 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23135 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23136 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 16356 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133513545-133514059 Neighboring gene S-phase kinase associated protein 1 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23138 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23137 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23139 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133561503-133562022 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133562023-133562544 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr5:133562545-133563064 Neighboring gene PPP2CA divergent transcript Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 23141 Neighboring gene microRNA 3661 Neighboring gene ribosomal protein S13 pseudogene 6

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

    Expression

    • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
    • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
    • BioProject: PRJEB4337
    • Publication: PMID 24309898
    • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

    Bibliography

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?

    HIV-1 interactions

    Protein interactions

    Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
    Tat tat The gene expression of PPP2CA is significantly upregulated in both clade B and clade C Tat treated SK-N-MC neuroblastoma cells PubMed
    tat HIV-1 Tat upregulates the total levels of PP2A protein and downregulates the inactive form of phosphorylated PP2A, which leads to inhibit hTERT activity directly or indirectly PubMed
    tat An increase in the amount of PP2A core enzyme with a concomitant decrease in the amount of PP2A holoenzyme inhibits HIV-1 Tat-stimulated transcription from the HIV-1 LTR promoter, indicating a role for PP2A in the modulation of HIV-1 gene expression PubMed
    Vpr vpr Amino-acid peptide sequence (residues 77-92) of HIV-1 Vpr binds to PP2A1. The sequence from HIV-1 89.6 strain is a cell penetrating and death domain PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr was found to upregulate PP2A in fission yeast PubMed
    vpr HIV-1 Vpr forms a complex with HIV-1 nucleocapsid that directly activates PP2A PubMed
    Vpu vpu IFN-alpha and IFN-beta increases SCYL2 expression and the increase induces PP2A-mediated dephosphorylation of Vpu, suggesting that SCYL2 affects Vpu function through a phosphorylation-dependent mechanism PubMed
    nucleocapsid gag HIV-1 Vpr forms a complex with HIV-1 nucleocapsid that directly activates PP2A PubMed

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    Pathways from PubChem

    Interactions

    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

    General gene information

    Markers

    Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables GABA receptor binding IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables metal ion binding IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables myosin phosphatase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables phosphoprotein phosphatase activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein heterodimerization activity IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    enables protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    enables protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein tyrosine phosphatase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables tau protein binding NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in T cell homeostasis ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in intracellular signal transduction NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in meiotic cell cycle IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in mesoderm development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in mitotic cell cycle IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of glycolytic process through fructose-6-phosphate IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of hippo signaling IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in peptidyl-serine dephosphorylation TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in peptidyl-threonine dephosphorylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in peptidyl-threonine dephosphorylation IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in peptidyl-threonine dephosphorylation TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome complex assembly ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of microtubule binding ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in positive regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein dephosphorylation IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein dephosphorylation TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of cell differentiation NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of growth NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of microtubule binding NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in regulation of protein phosphorylation NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in response to lead ion ISS
    Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
    more info
     
    involved_in response to lead ion TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    part_of FAR/SIN/STRIPAK complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in chromosome, centromeric region IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    is_active_in cytosol IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    located_in cytosol TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in extracellular exosome HDA PubMed 
    located_in membrane NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in membrane raft IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in microtubule cytoskeleton NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in mitochondrion NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in nucleus NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in plasma membrane IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    part_of protein phosphatase type 2A complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of protein phosphatase type 2A complex TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    part_of protein serine/threonine phosphatase complex IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in spindle pole IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    located_in synapse IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     

    General protein information

    Preferred Names
    serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit alpha isoform
    Names
    PP2A-alpha
    protein phosphatase 2, catalytic subunit, alpha isozyme
    replication protein C
    NP_001341948.1
    NP_002706.1

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

    These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

    These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

    Genomic

    1. NG_046997.2 RefSeqGene

      Range
      5000..36741
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_001355019.2NP_001341948.1  serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit alpha isoform isoform 2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (2) differs in the 5' UTR and coding sequence compared to variant 1. The resulting isoform (2) is shorter at the N-terminus compared to isoform 1.
      Source sequence(s)
      AC104109
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS93781.1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A0A8V8TQA1, B3KQ51, E5RHP4
      Related
      ENSP00000515257.1, ENST00000703311.1
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      cd07415
      Location:1228
      MPP_PP2A_PP4_PP6; PP2A, PP4, and PP6 phosphoprotein phosphatases, metallophosphatase domain
    2. NM_002715.4NP_002706.1  serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit alpha isoform isoform 1

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002706.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (1) represents the longest transcript and encodes the longer isoform (1).
      Source sequence(s)
      AC104109, AK097599
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS4173.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      P05323, P13197, P67775
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      B3KUN1, Q6I9T8
      Related
      ENSP00000418447.1, ENST00000481195.6
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      cd07415
      Location:9293
      MPP_PP2A_PP4_PP6; PP2A, PP4, and PP6 phosphoprotein phosphatases, metallophosphatase domain

    RNA

    1. NR_149151.2 RNA Sequence

      Status: REVIEWED

      Description
      Transcript Variant: This variant (3) differs in the 5' end and uses an alternate splice junction compared to variant 1. This variant is represented as non-coding because the use of the 5'-most expected translational start codon renders the transcript a candidate for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD).
      Source sequence(s)
      AC104109

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000005.10 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

      Range
      134194332..134226073 complement
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    Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Genomic

    1. NC_060929.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

      Range
      134717969..134749722 complement
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