DUSP3

dual specificity phosphatase 3

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the dual specificity protein phosphatase subfamily. These phosphatases inactivate their target kinases by dephosphorylating both the phosphoserine/threonine and phosphotyrosine residues. They negatively regulate members of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase superfamily (MAPK/ERK, SAPK/JNK, p38), which are associated with cellular proliferation and differentiation. Different members of the family of dual specificity phosphatases show distinct substrate specificities for various MAP kinases, different tissue distribution and subcellular localization, and different modes of inducibility of their expression by extracellular stimuli. This gene maps in a region that contains the BRCA1 locus which confers susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. Although DUSP3 is expressed in both breast and ovarian tissues, mutation screening in breast cancer pedigrees and in sporadic tumors was negative, leading to the conclusion that this gene is not BRCA1. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants9 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs123039917:41,845,403C/T3 prime UTR variant—
rs123040217:41,846,508A/G3 prime UTR variant—
rs20002206517:41,847,171C/T—uncertain significance
rs14697645517:41,847,179C/T—uncertain significance
rs75104681717:41,852,107T/C—uncertain significance
rs56223036617:41,852,188C/T—uncertain significance
rs14423996017:41,852,211T/C—uncertain significance
rs14831236117:41,852,249G/A—likely benign
rs20095386017:41,856,238C/T—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.