ACVR2A Polyclonal Antibody

This gene encodes activin A type II receptor. Activins are dimeric growth and differentiation factors which belong to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of structurally related signaling proteins. Activins signal through a heteromeric complex of receptor serine kinases which include at least two type I (I and IB) and two type II (II and IIB) receptors. These receptors are all transmembrane proteins, composed of a ligand-binding extracellular domain with cysteine-rich region, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain with predicted serine/threonine specificity. Type I receptors are essential for signaling; and type II receptors are required for binding ligands and for expression of type I receptors. Type I and II receptors form a stable complex after ligand binding, resulting in phosphorylation of type I receptors by type II receptors. Type II receptors are considered to be constitutively active kinases.

Activin A receptor type IIA, Activin receptor type 2A, Activin receptor type IIA, Activin receptor type-2A, ACTR 2, ACTR IIA, ACTR-IIA, ACTR2, ACTRII, ACTRIIA, Acvr 2, Acvr 2A, Acvr2, ACVR2A, AVR2A, OTTHUMP00000197918