slingshot protein phosphatase 2

Symbol

SSH2 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

This gene encodes a protein tyrosine phosphatase that plays a key role in the regulation of actin filaments. The encoded protein dephosphorylates and activates cofilin, which promotes actin filament depolymerization. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2013]

Orthologs

SymbolSpecies
ssh Drosophila melanogaster
ssh2b Danio rerio
Ssh2 Mus musculus
Ssh2 Rattus norvegicus

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Changes associated with this gene

GO Terms

GO IDGO TermGO Category
GO:0006470 protein dephosphorylation biological_process
GO:0008064 regulation of actin polymerization or depolymerization biological_process
GO:0010591 regulation of lamellipodium assembly biological_process
GO:0030036 actin cytoskeleton organization biological_process
GO:0050770 regulation of axonogenesis biological_process
GO:0005737 cytoplasm cellular_component
GO:0005856 cytoskeleton cellular_component
GO:0003779 actin binding molecular_function
GO:0004721 phosphoprotein phosphatase activity molecular_function
GO:0004725 protein tyrosine phosphatase activity molecular_function
GO:0008138 protein tyrosine/serine/threonine phosphatase activity molecular_function
GO:0016787 hydrolase activity molecular_function
GO:0016791 phosphatase activity molecular_function