PTEN Phosphohydrolase

MMAC1 Protein; Mutated In Multiple Advanced Cancers 1 Protein; PTEN Phosphatase; PTEN Protein; Phosphatase and Tensin Homologue on Chromosome Ten Protein; Phosphatase, PTEN; Phosphohydrolase, PTEN
A lipid phosphatase that acts on phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate to regulate various SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS. It modulates CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL MIGRATION; and APOPTOSIS. Mutations in PTEN are associated with COWDEN DISEASE and PROTEUS SYNDROME as well as NEOPLASTIC CELL TRANSFORMATION.