Ciona intestinalis      TKL      STKR

※ STKR family introduction

    STKR are serine/threonine kinase receptor comprising two subfamily, TGFb receptors and activin receptors. TGFb receptors contain different isoforms which are homo- or heterodimeric. The mediate the interaction between ligand and receptor. TGFb receptors are expressed in diverse tissues, including heart, liver, kidney, brain and testes. TGFb receptor can be further classified into three subclasses from type1 to type3. Abnormal expression of TGFb receptor leads to renal fibrosis which will result in kidney disease. Diabetes is also found to be associated with TGFb receptor (1). Another subfamily is activin receptors, which are characterized by its feature to bind activin. The activin receptors contain a transmembrane domain and a hydrophilic Cys-rich ligand-binding domain (2).

Reference
1. Wikipedia annotation: TGF beta receptors
2. Wikipedia annotation: Activin receptor


There are 5 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (5

No.StatusEKPD IDGene IDGene Name
1
EKS-CII-00164
ENSCING00000014075
tgfbr-ic; CIN.2643
2
EKS-CII-00165
ENSCING00000005855
Ci-Tgfbr-Ib; tgfbr-ib; CI-TGFBR-IB
3
EKS-CII-00168
ENSCING00000001649
tgfbr-ia; CI-TGFBR-IA
4
EKS-CII-00167
ENSCING00000000198
CI-TGFBR-IIB; tgfbr-iib
5
EKS-CII-00166
ENSCING00000000348
CI-TGFBR-IIA; tgfbr-iia