PUBLICATION

The novel type I serine-threonine kinase receptor Alk8 binds TGF-beta in the presence of TGF-betaRII

Authors
de Caestecker, M.P., Bottomley, M., Bhattacharyya, S., Payne, T.L., Roberts, A.B., and Yelick, P.C.
ID
ZDB-PUB-020618-9
Date
2002
Source
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications   293(5): 1556-1565 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Payne-Ferreira, Tracie
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Activin Receptors, Type I*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Blotting, Western
  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Cross-Linking Reagents/pharmacology
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Ligands
  • Luciferases/metabolism
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/chemistry*
  • Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Signal Transduction
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish
  • Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
PubMed
12054694 Full text @ Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
Abstract
The TGF-beta superfamily consists of an array of ligands including BMP, TGF-beta, activin, and nodal subfamilies. The extensive range of biological effects elicited by TGF-beta family signaling is due in part to the large numbers and promiscuity of types I and II TGF-beta family member receptors. Alk8 is a novel type I TGF-beta family member receptor first identified in zebrafish [Dev. Dyn. 211 (4) (1998) 352], which participates in BMP signaling pathways [Development 128 (6) (2001) 849; Development 128 (6) (2001) 859; Mech. Dev. 100 (2) (2001) 275; J. Dent. Res. 80 (11) (2001) 1968]. Here we report that Alk8 also forms active signaling complexes with TGF-beta in the presence of TGF-betaRII. These results expand the signaling repertoire of zAlk8 by demonstrating an ability to participate in two distinct TGF-beta subfamily signaling pathways
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping