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Human ALK-2 / ACVR1 Protein (His & Fc Tag)

ACTRI,ACVR1A,ACVRLK2,ALK2,FOP,SKR1,TSRI

Catalog Number P10227-H03H
Organism Species Human
Host Human Cells
Synonyms ACTRI,ACVR1A,ACVRLK2,ALK2,FOP,SKR1,TSRI
Molecular Weight The recombinant human ALK2/Fc is a disulfide-linked homodimeric Protein after removal of the signal peptide. Each monomer consists of 352 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 39.6 kDa. As a result of glycosylation, the rh ALK2/Fc monomer migrates as approximately 40-45 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N Met 21
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 95 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the extracellular domain (Met 1-Val 124) of human ALK2 (NP_001104537.1) precursor was fused with the C-terminal polyhistidine-tagged Fc region of human IgG1 at the C-terminus.
Bio-activity Measure by its ability to bind with human BMP2 in a functional ELISA.
Research Area Cancer |Invasion microenvironment |Angiogenesis |Growth Factor & Receptor |Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-beta) Superfamily |Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-beta) Family |
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile PBS, pH 7.4
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose, mannitol and 0.01% Tween80 are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background ALK-2, also termed as ACVR1, was initially identified as an activin type I receptor because of its ability to bind activin in concert with ActRII or ActRIIB. ALK-2 is also identified as a BMP type I receptor. It has been demonstrated that ALK-2 forms complex with either the BMP-2/7-bound BMPR-II or ACVR2A /ACVR2B. ALK-1 and ALK-2 presenting in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are two haspin homologues. Both ALK-1 and ALK-2 exhibit a weak auto-kinase activity in vitro, and are phosphoproteins in vivo. ALK-1 and ALK-2 levels peak in mitosis and late-S/G2. Control of protein stability plays a major role in ALK-2 regulation. The half-life of ALK-2 is particularly short in G1. Overexpression of ALK-2, but not of ALK-1, causes a mitotic arrest, which is correlated to the kinase activity of the protein. This suggests a role for ALK-2 in the control of mitosis. Endoglin is phosphorylated on cytosolic domain threonine residues by the TGF-beta type I receptors ALK-2 and ALK-5 in prostate cancer cells. Endoglin did not inhibit cell migration in the presence of constitutively active ALK-2. Defects in ALK-2 are a cause of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).
Reference
  • Armes NA,et al. (1997) The ALK-2 and ALK-4 activin receptors transduce distinct mesoderm-inducing signals during early Xenopus development but do not co-operate to establish thresholds. Development 124(19): 3797-804.
  • Armes NA, et al. (1999) A short loop on the ALK-2 and ALK-4 activin receptors regulates signaling specificity but cannot account for all their effects on early Xenopus development. J Biol Chem. 274(12):7929-35.
  • Kawai S, et al. (2000) Mouse smad8 phosphorylation downstream of BMP receptors ALK-2, ALK-3, and ALK-6 induces its association with Smad4 and transcriptional activity.Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 271(3):682-7.
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