title: Mechanism of activation of the TGF-beta receptor.
abstract: Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signals by contacting two distantly related transmembrane serine/threonine kinases called receptors I and II. The role of these molecules in signalling has now been determined. TGF-beta binds directly to receptor II, which is a constitutively active kinase. Bound TGF-beta is then recognized by receptor I which is recruited into the complex and becomes phosphorylated by receptor II. Phosphorylation allows receptor I to propagate the signal to downstream substrates. This provides a mechanism by which a cytokine can generate the first step of a signalling cascade.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wrana
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Attisano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wieser
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Massagué
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008907:Mink; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II