Identification of human activin and TGF beta type I receptors that form heteromeric kinase complexes with type II receptors.
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Attisano L, Carcamo J, Ventura F, Weis FM, Massague J, Wrana JL
Identification of human activin and TGF beta type I receptors that form heteromeric kinase complexes with type II receptors.
Cell. 1993 Nov 19;75(4):671-80.
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Transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) and activin each bind to pairs of membrane proteins, known as receptor types I and II, that associate to form a signaling complex. We report that TSR-I and ActR-I, two human transmembrane serine/threonine kinases distantly related to TGF beta and activin type II receptors, act as type I receptors for these factors. TSR-I is a type I receptor shared by TGF beta and activin, whereas ActR-I is an activin type I receptor. ActR-I, but not TSR-I, signals a particular transcriptional response in concert with activin type II receptors. The results indicate that type I receptors are transmembrane protein kinases that associate with type II receptors to generate diverse heteromeric serine/threonine kinase complexes of different signaling capacities.