Storage Buffer: PBS, pH 7.4(1%BSA and 0.1% Sodium azide)
Background:
The TEK receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed almost exclusively in endothelial cells in mice, rats, and humans. This receptor possesses a unique extracellular domain containing 2 immunoglobulin-like loops separated by 3 epidermal growth factor-like repeats that are connected to 3 fibronectin type III-like repeats. The ligand for the receptor is angiopoietin-1. Defects in TEK are associated with inherited venous malformations; the TEK signaling pathway appears to be critical for endothelial cell-smooth muscle cell communication in venous morphogenesis.
Alternate Names:
Tie-2; Tie2; Tek; Angiopoietin-1 receptor; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor TIE-2; hTIE2; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor TEK; Tunica interna endothelial cell kinase; p140 TEK; Angiopoietin 1 receptor; CD202b; CD202b antigen; Endothelial tyrosine kinase; Endothelium specific receptor tyrosine kinase 2; hTIE 2; Hyk; Soluble TIE2 variant 1; Soluble TIE2 variant 2; tek tyrosine kinase; TEK tyrosine kinase endothelial; tek tyrosine kinase, endothelial; TIE 2; TIE2_HUMAN; Tunica interna endothelial cell kinase; Tyrosine kinase with Ig and EGF homology domains 2; Tyrosine protein kinase receptor TEK; Tyrosine protein kinase receptor TIE 2; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor TIE-2; Venous malformations multiple cutaneous and mucosal; VMCM 1; VMCM; VMCM1; CD202b.