Description
Protocol
Available protocols: ELISA+
Specificity / Sensitivity
PathScan
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Mink
Background
Members of the SMAD family of signal transduction molecules are components of a critical intracellular pathway that transmit TGF-β signals from the cell surface into the nucleus. Three distinct classes of SMADs have been defined: the receptor-regulated SMADs (R-SMADs), which include SMAD1, 2, 3, 5, and 9; the common-mediator SMAD (co-SMAD), SMAD4; and the antagonistic or inhibitory SMADs (I-SMADs), SMAD6 and 7 (1-5). Activated type I receptors associate with specific R-SMADs and phosphorylate them on a conserved carboxy-terminal SSXS motif. The phosphorylated R-SMADs dissociate from the receptor and form a heteromeric complex with SMAD4, initiating translocation of the heteromeric SMAD complex to the nucleus. Once in the nucleus, SMADs recruit a variety of DNA binding proteins that function to regulate transcriptional activity (6-8).
Alternate Names
DKFZp586N0721; DKFZp686J10186; hMAD-3; hSMAD3; HSPC193; HsT17436; JV15-2; LDS1C; LDS3; MAD homolog 3; mad homolog JV15-2; mad protein homolog; MAD, mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3; Mad3; MADH3; MGC60396; Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3; Mothers against DPP homolog 3; SMA- and MAD-related protein 3; SMAD 3; SMAD family member 3; SMAD, mothers against DPP homolog 3; SMAD3
