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ReviewCell death & disease2020

Partners in crime: POPX2 phosphatase and its interacting proteins in cancer.

Pu Rum Kim, Songjing Zhang, Muhammad Bakhait Rahmat, Cheng-Gee Koh

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. PPM1F regulates ovarian cancer progression by affecting the dephosphorylation of ITGB1.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pu Rum KimSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Songjing ZhangSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Muhammad Bakhait RahmatSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Cheng-Gee KohSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. cgkoh@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1905-8010
Nanyang Technological University · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation govern intracellular signal transduction and cellular functions. Kinases and phosphatases are involved in the regulation and development of many diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes, and cancer. While the functions and roles of many kinases, as well as their substrates, are well understood, phosphatases are comparatively less well studied. Recent studies have shown that rather than acting on fewer and more distinct substrates like the kinases, phosphatases can recognize specific phosphorylation sites on many different proteins, making the study of phosphatases and their substrates challenging. One approach to understand the biological functions of phosphatases is through understanding their protein-protein interaction network. POPX2 (Partner of PIX 2; also known as PPM1F or CaMKP) is a serine/threonine phosphatase that belongs to the PP2C family. It has been implicated in cancer cell motility and invasiveness. This review aims to summarize the different binding partners of POPX2 phosphatase and explore the various functions of POPX2 through its interactome in the cell. In particular, we focus on the impact of POPX2 on cancer progression. Acting via its different substrates and interacting proteins, POPX2's involvement in metastasis is multifaceted and varied according to the stages of metastasis.

Indexed as

Cell Line, TumorHumansNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPhosphorylationSignal TransductionPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPPM1F protein, human

Identifiers

PMID33037179
PMCPMC7547661
OpenAlexW3092498325

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