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EC 3.1.3.48 Details
EC number
3.1.3.48
Accepted name
protein-tyrosine-phosphatase
Reaction
[a protein]-tyrosine phosphate + H2O = [a protein]-tyrosine + phosphate
Other name(s)
phosphotyrosine phosphatase,
phosphoprotein phosphatase (phosphotyrosine),
phosphotyrosine histone phosphatase,
protein phosphotyrosine phosphatase,
tyrosylprotein phosphatase,
phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase,
phosphotyrosylprotein phosphatase,
tyrosine O-phosphate phosphatase,
PPT-phosphatase,
PTPase,
[phosphotyrosine]protein phosphatase,
PTP-phosphatase
Systematic name
protein-tyrosine-phosphate phosphohydrolase
CAS registry number
79747-53-8
Comment
Dephosphorylates O-phosphotyrosine groups in phosphoproteins, such as the products of EC 2.7.10.2, non-specific protein-tyrosine kinase.
History
created 1984
EC Tree
3.1.3.30 created 1972, deleted 1992
3.1.3.61 created 1992, deleted 2002
3.1.3.65 created 1992, deleted 2002