Immunogen | Fusionproteincorrespondingtoresidues1-745ofhumanTie2/TEKwithaC-terminalHis6-tagpurifiedfrominfectedSF-9cells. |
Clone | Ab33 |
Host | Mouse |
Specificity | AntibodyrecognizesHumanTie2/TEK. |
Isotype | IgG1κ |
SpeciesReactivity | |
AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | TheTEKreceptortyrosinekinaseisexpressedalmostexclusivelyinendothelialcellsinmice,rats,andhumans.Thisreceptorpossessesauniqueextracellulardomaincontaining2immunoglobulin-likeloopsseparatedby3epidermalgrowthfactor-likerepeatsthatareconnectedto3fibronectintypeIII-likerepeats.Theligandforthereceptorisangiopoietin-1.DefectsinTEKareassociatedwithinheritedvenousmalformations;theTEKsignalingpathwayappearstobecriticalforendothelialcell-smoothmusclecellcommunicationinvenousmorphogenesis.TEKiscloselyrelatedtotheTIEreceptortyrosinekinase. |
GeneSymbol | |
PurificationMethod | ProteinGPurified |
UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:Q02763#Thisproteinisaproteintyrosine-kinasetransmembranereceptorforangiopoietin1.ItmayconstitutetheearliestmammalianendothelialcelllineageMarker.Probablyregulatesendothelialcellproliferation,differentiationandguidestheproperpatterningofendothelialcellsduringbloodvesselformation.
SIZE:1124aminoacids;125811Da
SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Membrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein.
TISSUESPECIFICITY:PredominantlyexpressedinendothelialcellsandtheirProgenitors,theangioblasts.Hasbeendirectlyfoundinplacentaandlung,withalowerlevelinumbilicalveinendothelialcells,brainandkidney.
DISEASE:SwissProt:Q02763#DefectsinTEKareacauseofdominantlyinheritedvenousmalformations(VMCM)[MIM:600195];anerrorofvascularmorphogenesischaracterizedbydilated,serpiginouschannels.
SIMILARITY:SwissProt:Q02763##Belongstotheproteinkinasesuperfamily.Tyrproteinkinasefamily.Tiesubfamily.&Contains3EGF-likedomains.&Contains3fibronectintype-IIIdomains.&Contains2Ig-likeC2-type(immunoglobulin-like)domains.&Contains1proteinkinasedomain. |
MolecularWeight | 126kDaCalculated |