Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about DUSP6: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
DUSP6 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: inhibits, regulates, activates. Associated with Aging, Als, Fibrosis. Connected to 32 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | DUSP6 |
| Full Name | Dual Specificity Phosphatase 6 (MKP3) |
| Chromosome | 12p13 |
| Protein Type | Phosphatase |
| Function | is a dual-specificity phosphatase that specifically dephosphorylates and inactivates ERK1/2 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases 1 and 2). |
| Primary Expression | brain regions involved in learning and memory: |
| Subcellular Localization | The protein has a classic PTP (protein tyrosine phosphatase) fold with the HCX5R active site motif essential for catalyt |
| Amino Acids | 367 aa |
| Pathways | MAPK |
| UniProt ID | [O43508](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O43508) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000139318 |
| OMIM | 601653 |
| GeneCards | DUSP6 |
| Human Protein Atlas | DUSP6 |
| ERK5 | Minor substrate |
| Associated Diseases | neurodegeneration |
| Interactions | DRP1, LRRK2, ERK1, ERK2, MIRO1, STX17 |
| KG Connections | 31 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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DUSP6["<b>DUSP6</b>"]
Parkinson{"Parkinson"}
DUSP6 -->|"inhibits"| Parkinson
Ms{"Ms"}
DUSP6 -->|"inhibits"| Ms
Fibrosis{"Fibrosis"}
DUSP6 -->|"therapeutic target"| Fibrosis
Als{"Als"}
DUSP6 -->|"regulates"| Als
Aging{"Aging"}
DUSP6 -->|"therapeutic target"| Aging
DUSP6 -->|"activates"| Als
DRP1["DRP1"]
DUSP6 -->|"inhibits"| DRP1
LRRK2["LRRK2"]
DUSP6 -->|"inhibits"| LRRK2
BMI1["BMI1"]
DUSP6 -->|"regulates"| BMI1
CEBPB["CEBPB"]
DUSP6 -->|"regulates"| CEBPB
Tgf__(["Tgf-Beta"])
DUSP6 -->|"therapeutic target"| Tgf__
ERK1["ERK1"]
DUSP6 -->|"activates"| ERK1
STX17["STX17"]
STX17 -->|"inhibits"| DUSP6
LRRK2 -->|"inhibits"| DUSP6
PARKINSON_S_DISEASE["PARKINSON'S DISEASE"]
PARKINSON_S_DISEASE -->|"inhibits"| DUSP6
DRP1 -->|"inhibits"| DUSP6
ASTROCYTES["ASTROCYTES"]
ASTROCYTES -->|"inhibits"| DUSP6
AGING["AGING"]
AGING -->|"therapeutic target"| DUSP6
FOS["FOS"]
FOS -->|"regulates"| DUSP6
HK2["HK2"]
HK2 -->|"therapeutic target"| DUSP6
LGALS3["LGALS3"]
LGALS3 -->|"regulates"| DUSP6
RELA["RELA"]
RELA -->|"regulates"| DUSP6
SOD2["SOD2"]
SOD2 -->|"regulates"| DUSP6
FGF21["FGF21"]
FGF21 -->|"regulates"| DUSP6
style DUSP6 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkinson | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| DRP1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| LRRK2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| BMI1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CEBPB | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ERK1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ERK2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MIRO1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Tgf-Β | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mapk | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| STX17 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| LRRK2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| DRP1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| FOS | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HK2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| LGALS3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RELA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| FGF21 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAPK3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAPK1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| DUSP1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PARKINSON'S DISEASE | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ASTROCYTES | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AGING | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||