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<entry dataset="Swiss-Prot" created="2007-10-23" modified="2026-09-02" version="100" xmlns="http://uniprot.org/uniprot">
  <accession>Q6BFF6</accession>
  <name>PP2A3_PARTE</name>
  <protein>
    <recommendedName>
      <fullName>Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP2A catalytic subunit 3</fullName>
      <shortName>PPN 3</shortName>
      <ecNumber>3.1.3.16</ecNumber>
    </recommendedName>
  </protein>
  <gene>
    <name type="primary">Ppn3</name>
    <name type="ORF">GSPATT00000061001</name>
    <name type="ORF">PTMB.417c</name>
  </gene>
  <organism>
    <name type="scientific">Paramecium tetraurelia</name>
    <dbReference type="NCBI Taxonomy" id="5888"/>
    <lineage>
      <taxon>Eukaryota</taxon>
      <taxon>Sar</taxon>
      <taxon>Alveolata</taxon>
      <taxon>Ciliophora</taxon>
      <taxon>Intramacronucleata</taxon>
      <taxon>Oligohymenophorea</taxon>
      <taxon>Peniculida</taxon>
      <taxon>Parameciidae</taxon>
      <taxon>Paramecium</taxon>
    </lineage>
  </organism>
  <reference key="1">
    <citation type="journal article" date="2004" name="Curr. Biol." volume="14" first="1397" last="1404">
      <title>High coding density on the largest Paramecium tetraurelia somatic chromosome.</title>
      <authorList>
        <person name="Zagulski M."/>
        <person name="Nowak J.K."/>
        <person name="Le Mouel A."/>
        <person name="Nowacki M."/>
        <person name="Migdalski A."/>
        <person name="Gromadka R."/>
        <person name="Noel B."/>
        <person name="Blanc I."/>
        <person name="Dessen P."/>
        <person name="Wincker P."/>
        <person name="Keller A.-M."/>
        <person name="Cohen J."/>
        <person name="Meyer E."/>
        <person name="Sperling L."/>
      </authorList>
      <dbReference type="PubMed" id="15296759"/>
      <dbReference type="DOI" id="10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.029"/>
    </citation>
    <scope>NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]</scope>
    <source>
      <strain>Stock d4-2</strain>
    </source>
  </reference>
  <reference key="2">
    <citation type="journal article" date="2006" name="Nature" volume="444" first="171" last="178">
      <title>Global trends of whole-genome duplications revealed by the ciliate Paramecium tetraurelia.</title>
      <authorList>
        <person name="Aury J.-M."/>
        <person name="Jaillon O."/>
        <person name="Duret L."/>
        <person name="Noel B."/>
        <person name="Jubin C."/>
        <person name="Porcel B.M."/>
        <person name="Segurens B."/>
        <person name="Daubin V."/>
        <person name="Anthouard V."/>
        <person name="Aiach N."/>
        <person name="Arnaiz O."/>
        <person name="Billaut A."/>
        <person name="Beisson J."/>
        <person name="Blanc I."/>
        <person name="Bouhouche K."/>
        <person name="Camara F."/>
        <person name="Duharcourt S."/>
        <person name="Guigo R."/>
        <person name="Gogendeau D."/>
        <person name="Katinka M."/>
        <person name="Keller A.-M."/>
        <person name="Kissmehl R."/>
        <person name="Klotz C."/>
        <person name="Koll F."/>
        <person name="Le Mouel A."/>
        <person name="Lepere G."/>
        <person name="Malinsky S."/>
        <person name="Nowacki M."/>
        <person name="Nowak J.K."/>
        <person name="Plattner H."/>
        <person name="Poulain J."/>
        <person name="Ruiz F."/>
        <person name="Serrano V."/>
        <person name="Zagulski M."/>
        <person name="Dessen P."/>
        <person name="Betermier M."/>
        <person name="Weissenbach J."/>
        <person name="Scarpelli C."/>
        <person name="Schaechter V."/>
        <person name="Sperling L."/>
        <person name="Meyer E."/>
        <person name="Cohen J."/>
        <person name="Wincker P."/>
      </authorList>
      <dbReference type="PubMed" id="17086204"/>
      <dbReference type="DOI" id="10.1038/nature05230"/>
    </citation>
    <scope>NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]</scope>
    <source>
      <strain>Stock d4-2</strain>
    </source>
  </reference>
  <comment type="catalytic activity">
    <reaction>
      <text>O-phospho-L-seryl-[protein] + H2O = L-seryl-[protein] + phosphate</text>
      <dbReference type="Rhea" id="RHEA:20629"/>
      <dbReference type="Rhea" id="RHEA-COMP:9863"/>
      <dbReference type="Rhea" id="RHEA-COMP:11604"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:15377"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29999"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:43474"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:83421"/>
      <dbReference type="EC" id="3.1.3.16"/>
    </reaction>
  </comment>
  <comment type="catalytic activity">
    <reaction>
      <text>O-phospho-L-threonyl-[protein] + H2O = L-threonyl-[protein] + phosphate</text>
      <dbReference type="Rhea" id="RHEA:47004"/>
      <dbReference type="Rhea" id="RHEA-COMP:11060"/>
      <dbReference type="Rhea" id="RHEA-COMP:11605"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:15377"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:30013"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:43474"/>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:61977"/>
      <dbReference type="EC" id="3.1.3.16"/>
    </reaction>
  </comment>
  <comment type="cofactor">
    <cofactor evidence="1">
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
    </cofactor>
    <text evidence="1">Binds 2 manganese ions per subunit.</text>
  </comment>
  <comment type="PTM">
    <text>Reversibly methyl esterified on Leu-315 by leucine carboxyl methyltransferase 1 (PPM1) and protein phosphatase methylesterase 1 (PPE1). Carboxyl methylation influences the affinity of the catalytic subunit for the different regulatory subunits, thereby modulating the PP2A holoenzyme's substrate specificity, enzyme activity and cellular localization.</text>
  </comment>
  <comment type="similarity">
    <text evidence="3">Belongs to the PPP phosphatase family. PP-2A subfamily.</text>
  </comment>
  <dbReference type="EC" id="3.1.3.16"/>
  <dbReference type="EMBL" id="CR548612">
    <property type="protein sequence ID" value="CAH03615.1"/>
    <property type="molecule type" value="Genomic_DNA"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="EMBL" id="CT867985">
    <property type="protein sequence ID" value="CAK55626.1"/>
    <property type="molecule type" value="Genomic_DNA"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="RefSeq" id="XP_001347241.1">
    <property type="nucleotide sequence ID" value="XM_001347205.1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="RefSeq" id="XP_001423024.1">
    <property type="nucleotide sequence ID" value="XM_001422987.2"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="AlphaFoldDB" id="Q6BFF6"/>
  <dbReference type="SMR" id="Q6BFF6"/>
  <dbReference type="STRING" id="5888.Q6BFF6"/>
  <dbReference type="EnsemblProtists" id="CAK55626">
    <property type="protein sequence ID" value="CAK55626"/>
    <property type="gene ID" value="GSPATT00000061001"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="GeneID" id="5008828"/>
  <dbReference type="GeneID" id="79574108"/>
  <dbReference type="KEGG" id="ptm:GSPATT00000061001"/>
  <dbReference type="KEGG" id="ptm:PTMB.417c"/>
  <dbReference type="eggNOG" id="KOG0371">
    <property type="taxonomic scope" value="Eukaryota"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="HOGENOM" id="CLU_004962_8_1_1"/>
  <dbReference type="InParanoid" id="Q6BFF6"/>
  <dbReference type="OMA" id="EDQIGWS"/>
  <dbReference type="OrthoDB" id="282434at2759"/>
  <dbReference type="Proteomes" id="UP000000600">
    <property type="component" value="Unassembled WGS sequence"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="GO" id="GO:0004722">
    <property type="term" value="F:protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity"/>
    <property type="evidence" value="ECO:0000501"/>
    <property type="project" value="UniProtKB-EC"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="GO" id="GO:0000278">
    <property type="term" value="P:mitotic cell cycle"/>
    <property type="evidence" value="ECO:0000318"/>
    <property type="project" value="GO_Central"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="CDD" id="cd07415">
    <property type="entry name" value="MPP_PP2A_PP4_PP6"/>
    <property type="match status" value="1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="Gene3D" id="3.60.21.10">
    <property type="match status" value="1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="InterPro" id="IPR004843">
    <property type="entry name" value="Calcineurin-like_PHP"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="InterPro" id="IPR029052">
    <property type="entry name" value="Metallo-depent_PP-like"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="InterPro" id="IPR047129">
    <property type="entry name" value="PPA2-like"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="InterPro" id="IPR006186">
    <property type="entry name" value="Ser/Thr-sp_prot-phosphatase"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="PANTHER" id="PTHR45619">
    <property type="entry name" value="SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE PP2A-RELATED"/>
    <property type="match status" value="1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="Pfam" id="PF00149">
    <property type="entry name" value="Metallophos"/>
    <property type="match status" value="1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="PRINTS" id="PR00114">
    <property type="entry name" value="STPHPHTASE"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="SMART" id="SM00156">
    <property type="entry name" value="PP2Ac"/>
    <property type="match status" value="1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="SUPFAM" id="SSF56300">
    <property type="entry name" value="Metallo-dependent phosphatases"/>
    <property type="match status" value="1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <dbReference type="PROSITE" id="PS00125">
    <property type="entry name" value="SER_THR_PHOSPHATASE"/>
    <property type="match status" value="1"/>
  </dbReference>
  <proteinExistence type="inferred from homology"/>
  <keyword id="KW-0378">Hydrolase</keyword>
  <keyword id="KW-0464">Manganese</keyword>
  <keyword id="KW-0479">Metal-binding</keyword>
  <keyword id="KW-0488">Methylation</keyword>
  <keyword id="KW-0904">Protein phosphatase</keyword>
  <keyword id="KW-1185">Reference proteome</keyword>
  <feature type="chain" id="PRO_0000307836" description="Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP2A catalytic subunit 3">
    <location>
      <begin position="1"/>
      <end position="315"/>
    </location>
  </feature>
  <feature type="region of interest" description="Disordered" evidence="2">
    <location>
      <begin position="294"/>
      <end position="315"/>
    </location>
  </feature>
  <feature type="compositionally biased region" description="Basic and acidic residues" evidence="2">
    <location>
      <begin position="298"/>
      <end position="315"/>
    </location>
  </feature>
  <feature type="active site" description="Proton donor" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="123"/>
    </location>
  </feature>
  <feature type="binding site" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="62"/>
    </location>
    <ligand>
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
      <label>1</label>
    </ligand>
  </feature>
  <feature type="binding site" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="64"/>
    </location>
    <ligand>
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
      <label>1</label>
    </ligand>
  </feature>
  <feature type="binding site" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="90"/>
    </location>
    <ligand>
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
      <label>1</label>
    </ligand>
  </feature>
  <feature type="binding site" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="90"/>
    </location>
    <ligand>
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
      <label>2</label>
    </ligand>
  </feature>
  <feature type="binding site" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="122"/>
    </location>
    <ligand>
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
      <label>2</label>
    </ligand>
  </feature>
  <feature type="binding site" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="172"/>
    </location>
    <ligand>
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
      <label>2</label>
    </ligand>
  </feature>
  <feature type="binding site" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="247"/>
    </location>
    <ligand>
      <name>Mn(2+)</name>
      <dbReference type="ChEBI" id="CHEBI:29035"/>
      <label>2</label>
    </ligand>
  </feature>
  <feature type="modified residue" description="Leucine methyl ester" evidence="1">
    <location>
      <position position="315"/>
    </location>
  </feature>
  <evidence type="ECO:0000250" key="1"/>
  <evidence type="ECO:0000256" key="2">
    <source>
      <dbReference type="SAM" id="MobiDB-lite"/>
    </source>
  </evidence>
  <evidence type="ECO:0000305" key="3"/>
  <sequence length="315" mass="36080" checksum="19AD3EAF9F1E392D" modified="2004-08-16" version="1">MASLNKLSSNDIGNIDRQIAKLKQGQILTESEIKSLCIKAKEILSDEPNIIQVRAPLTICGDIHGQFHDLIELFQIGGNLPDTNYLFLGDYVDRGSQSVETFSLMLSLKVRYKDRIVLLRGNHENREINKVYGFYDECFRKYGNEIVWKQFTEVFGYLPLSAIVEQQIFCAHGGLSPAMESVDQIKQLNRVQDIPHEGLMCDLLWSDPEETKNGWGISPRGAGWTWGCDITEKFLHSNKLKQIARAHQLVMEGIQKVHNQKTITIFSAPNYCYRCGNQACIVEVDEQLRMNQTQFEPAPRENEPHTTRRVPDYFL</sequence>
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