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. 2013 Nov 7;2013:675429. doi: 10.1155/2013/675429

Table 1.

Nomenclature of subunits of PP2A and the subcellular distribution.

Subunit Gene name Gene locus Isoforms Aliases Subcellular distribution References
A PPP2R1A 19q13.14 Aα PR65α Cytoplasm [1, 25, 54, 55]
PPP2R1B 11q23.1 Aβ PR65β Cytoplasm [1, 13, 25, 54]

B PPP2R2A 8p21.1 Bα PR55α, B55α Cytoplasm, microtubules, neurofilaments, vimentin, membrane, nucleus, Golgi/reticulum [1, 25, 54]
PPP2R2B 5q32 Bβ PR55β, B55β Cytosol [1, 25, 54, 56]
PPP2R2C 4p16.1 Bγ PR55γ, B55γ Cytoskeletal fraction [1, 25, 54, 57]
PPP2R2D 10q26.3 Bδ PR55δ, B55δ Cytosol [1, 25, 54]

B′ PPP2R5A 1q32.3 B′α PR61α, B56α Cytoplasm [1, 25, 54]
PPP2R5B 11q13.1 B′β PR61β1, B56β, PR61β2 Cytoplasm [1, 25, 54, 58]
PPP2R5C 14q32.31 B′γ1
B′γ2
B′γ3
PR61γ1, B56γ1, B′α3
PR61γ2, B56γ2, B′α2
B56γ3, B′α1
Cytoplasm, nucleus, focal
adhesion
[1, 25, 54]
PPP2R5D 6p21.1 B′δ PR61δ, B56δ Cytosol, mitochondria, nucleus, microsomes [1, 25, 54]
PPP2R5E 14q23.2 B′ε PR61ε, B56ε Cytoplasm [1, 25, 54]

B′′ PPP2R3A 3q22.1 B′′α1
B′′α2
PR130
PR72
Centrosome and Golgi
Cytosol
[1, 25, 54, 59]
PPP2R3B Xp22.33 B′′β1
B′′β2
PR48
PR59
Nucleus [1, 25, 54]
PPP2R3C B′′γ G5PR Nucleus [1, 25, 54]

B′′′ STRN 2p22.2 PR110, PR93 Membrane and cytoplasm [1, 25, 54]
STRN3 14q12 PR112, PR102,PR94 nucleus [1, 25, 54]

C PPP2CA 5q31.1 Cα PP2Aα Cytoplasm and nucleus [1, 25, 54]
PPP2CB 8p12 Cβ PP2Aβ Cytoplasm and nucleus [1, 25, 54, 60]