Human BMPR-II Antibody [Biotin]

Like other members of the TGF-beta superfamily, cellular responses to bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have been shown to be mediated by the binding to heteromeric complex of type I and type II serine-threonine kinase receptors. Both receptor types are required for the signl transduction. BMP receptor II (BMPR-II) is one of the five mammalian type II receptors (including TGF-beta R-II, ActR-II, ActR-IIB, BMPR-II and MISR-II) for the TGF-beta superfamily ligands. The type II receptors for TGF-beta and activin bind ligands with high affinity by itself. In contrast, BMPR-II binds BMP-2, BMP-4 and BMP-7 weakly in the absence of type I receptor, and the binding can be facilitated by the presence of the type I receptor. BMPR-II mRNA is widely expressed in fetal and adult tissues. Human and mouse BMPR-II are highly conserved sharing 97% sequence identity.