Dual specificity protein phosphatase 26 (DUSP26), also called mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase 8 (MKP-8) or low-molecular-mass dual-specificity phosphatase 4 (LDP-4), functions as a protein-serine/threonine phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.16) and a protein-tyrosine-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.48). It deactivates its MAPK substrates by dephosphorylating the threonine and tyrosine residues in the conserved Thr-Xaa-Tyr motif residing in their activation sites. DUSP26 is an atypical DUSP; it contains the catalytic dual specificity phosphatase domain but lacks the N-terminal Cdc25/rhodanese-like domain that is present in typical DUSPs or MKPs. It is a brain phosphatase highly overexpressed in neuroblastoma and has also been identified as a p53 phosphatase, dephosphorylating phospho-Ser20 and phospho-Ser37 in the p53 transactivation domain.
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