Term Name: protein tyrosine phosphatase activity
Synonyms: [phosphotyrosine]protein phosphatase activity, phosphoprotein phosphatase (phosphotyrosine) activity, phosphotyrosine histone phosphatase activity, phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity, phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase activity, phosphotyrosylprotein phosphatase activity, PPT-phosphatase activity, protein phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity, protein-tyrosine-phosphatase activity, protein-tyrosine-phosphate phosphohydrolase activity, PTP-phosphatase activity, PTPase activity, tyrosine O-phosphate phosphatase activity, tyrosylprotein phosphatase activity
Definition: Catalysis of the reaction: protein tyrosine phosphate + H2O = protein tyrosine + phosphate.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0004725]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: phosphoprotein phosphatase activity
has subtype: MAP kinase tyrosine phosphatase activity non-membrane spanning protein tyrosine phosphatase activity protein tyrosine phosphatase activity, metal-dependent transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase activity
positively regulated by: protein tyrosine phosphatase activator activity