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activin A receptor, type IIA (ACVR2A)

Target Class
Kinase
Family
TKL
Official Symbol
ACVR2A
Entrez Gene ID
92
Species
Human
Accession Number
NP_001607.1
Alias Names
ACTRII; ACVR2; activin A receptor, type II; activin A receptor, type IIA; activin receptor type-2A
Background
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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
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