SSH2

Also known as SSH-2, SSH-2L, slingshot protein phosphatase 2

Protein phosphatase Slingshot homolog 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SSH2 gene.

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SSH2

Name: slingshot protein phosphatase 2
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: SSH-2, SSH-2L

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].

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Protein phosphatase Slingshot homolog 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SSH2 gene.

The ADF (actin-depolymerizing factor)/cofilin family (see MIM 601442) is composed of stimulus-responsive mediators of actin dynamics. ADF/cofilin proteins are inactivated by kinases such as LIM domain kinase-1 (LIMK1; MIM 601329). The SSH family appears to play a role in actin dynamics by reactivating ADF/cofilin proteins in vivo (Niwa et al., 2002).[supplied by OMIM]