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"We demonstrate that ERK, JNK, and p38 are activated by distinct combinations of stimuli in T cells that simulate full or partial activation through the T cell receptor. These kinases are regulated by reversible phosphorylation on Tyr and Thr, and the dual specific phosphatases PAC1 and MKP-1 previously have been implicated in the in vivo inactivation of ERK or of ERK and JNK, respectively"
"The effect of PTP epsilon on ERKs is at least in part indirect because phosphorylation of the threonine residue in the ERK activation loop is reduced in the presence of PTP epsilon. Nonetheless, PTP epsilon is present in a molecular complex with ERK, providing PTP epsilon with opportunity to act on ERK proteins also directly. We conclude that PTP epsilon is a physiological inhibitor of ERK signaling|These enzymes are joined by the large family of dual-specificity phosphatases, which are structurally similar to tyrosine phosphatases but which can dephosphorylate both residues of the activation loop"
"P-erk1/2 proteins were efficiently dephosphorylated in vitro by protein phosphatases 1 and 2a (pp1/2a) and mapk phosphatase 3 (mkp3).Mapk activity is tightly regulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. The activation of the mapk activity requires the dual phosphorylation of the ser/thr and tyr residues in the txy kinase activation motif (1113), and deactivation occurs through the action of either ser/thr protein phosphatase"