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Explore the role of phosphatases in the MAPK system

a) If the phosphatases in the cascade have very low activity

b) If the phosphatases in the cascade have very highactivity.

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MAPK or Mitogen activated protein kinase pathway is a mitogen induced pathway so this pathway helps proliferate a cell by mitosis At first a mitogen binds with the receptor of a specific cell and activates the intracellular tyrosin kinase domain called receptor tyrosin kinase RTK The tyrosin residues of this RTK is phosphorylated and activates RasGEFRas guanine nucleotide exchanging factor via adaptor protein Grb2 This RasGEF dissociates    See Answer
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