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 6 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (6

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Cii-0024
ENSCING00000001649.3
F6YIE7
2
iEKPD-Cii-0101
ENSCING00000005855.3
Q4H2Q1
Ci-Tgfbr-Ib
3
iEKPD-Cii-0276
ENSCING00000024147.1
H2XTB3
LOC101242385
4
iEKPD-Cii-0203
ENSCING00000014075.2
F6SCX5
tgfbr-ic
5
iEKPD-Cii-0006
ENSCING00000000348.3
F6WDR9
tgfbr-iia
6
iEKPD-Cii-0003
ENSCING00000000198.3
F6WF86
tgfbr-iib