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Background: TGF-beta RIII
Most cell types express three sizes of receptors for TGF-beta. These are designated Type I (53 kDa), Type II (70 - 85 kDa), and Type III (250 - 350 kDa). The Type I receptor is a membrane-bound serine/threonine kinase that apparently requires the presence of the Type II receptor to bind TGF-beta. The Type II receptor is also a membrane-bound serine/threonine kinase that binds TGF-beta1 and TGF-beta 3 with high affinity and TGF-beta 2 with much lower affinity. The Type I and Type II receptors together form a heterodimeric signaling complex that is essential for the transduction of the anti-proliferative signals of TGF-beta. The Type III receptor is a transmembrane proteoglycan with a large extracellular domain and a 43 amino acid residue cytoplasmic domain. The cytoplasmic domain of the Type III receptor lacks an obvious signaling motif and the receptor may not be involved directly in signal transduction.
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Long Name:
Transforming Growth Factor beta Receptor III
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Entrez Gene IDs:
7049 (Human); 21814 (Mouse); 29610 (Rat)
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Alternate Names:
betaglycan proteoglycan; Betaglycan; BGCAN; TBRIII; TGF-beta receptor type 3; TGF-beta receptor type III; TGF-beta RIII; TGFbetaRIII; TGFBR3; TGF-bRIII; TGFR-3; Transforming growth factor beta receptor III; transforming growth factor beta receptor type 3; transforming growth factor, beta receptor III (betaglycan, 300kDa); transforming growth factor, beta receptor III