Activin receptor type-1B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACVR1B gene.[5][6]

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ACVR1B
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Identifiers
AliasesACVR1B, ACTRIB, ACVRLK4, ALK4, SKR2, activin A receptor type 1B
External IDsOMIM: 601300; MGI: 1338944; HomoloGene: 20906; GeneCards: ACVR1B; OMA:ACVR1B - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004302
NM_020327
NM_020328

NM_007395

RefSeq (protein)

NP_004293
NP_064732
NP_064733

NP_031421

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 51.95 – 52 MbChr 15: 101.07 – 101.11 Mb
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ACVR1B or ALK-4 acts as a transducer of activin or activin-like ligands (e.g., inhibin) signals. Activin binds to either ACVR2A or ACVR2B and then forms a complex with ACVR1B. These go on to recruit the R-SMADs SMAD2 or SMAD3.[7] ACVR1B also transduces signals of nodal, GDF-1, and Vg1; however, unlike activin, they require other coreceptor molecules such as the protein Cripto.[8]

Function

Activins are dimeric growth and differentiation factors which belong to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of structurally related signaling proteins. Activins signal through a heteromeric complex of receptor serine kinases which include at least two type I (I and IB) and two type II (II and IIB) receptors. These receptors are all transmembrane proteins, composed of a ligand-binding extracellular domain with a cysteine-rich region, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain with predicted serine/threonine specificity. Type I receptors are essential for signaling, and type II receptors are required for binding ligands and expression of type I receptors. Type I and II receptors form a stable complex after ligand binding, resulting in phosphorylation of type I receptors by type II receptors. This gene encodes activin A type IB receptor, composed of 11 exons. Alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation result in 3 fully described transcript variants. The mRNA expression of variants 1, 2, and 3 is confirmed, and a potential fourth variant contains an alternative exon 8 and lacks exons 9 through 11, but its mRNA expression has not been confirmed.[6]

Interactions

ACVR1B has been shown to interact with

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