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A Mass Spectrometry-Based Approach to Identify Phosphoprotein Phosphatases and their Interactors
Published on: April 29, 2022
Integration of a phosphatase cascade with the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway provides for a novel signal
Virendra K Chaudhri1, Dhiraj Kumar, Manjari Misra
1Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
Abstract:
We mathematically modeled the receptor-dependent mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling by incorporating the regulation through cellular phosphatases. Activation induced the alignment of a phosphatase cascade in parallel with the MAPK pathway. A novel regulatory motif was, thus, generated, providing for the combinatorial control of each MAPK intermediate. This ensured a non-linear mode of signal transmission with the output being shaped by the balance between the strength of input signal and the activity gradient along the phosphatase axis. Shifts in this balance yielded modulations in topology of the motif, thereby expanding the repertoire of output responses. Thus, we identify an added dimension to signal processing wherein the output response to an external stimulus is additionally filtered through indicators that define the phenotypic status of the cell.
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