CST, 71867V4, PathScan® RP SMAD2 Sandwich ELISA Kit

ELISA Kit for studying Smad2 in the research area. Protocol Available protocols: ELISA+ Specificity / Sensitivity The PathScan Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey 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 hMAD-2; hSMAD2; JV18; JV18-1; MAD homolog 2; Mad protein homolog; Mad-related protein 2; MAD, mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2; MADH2; MADR2; MGC22139; MGC34440; mother against DPP homolog 2; Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2; Mothers against DPP homolog 2; Sma- and Mad-related protein 2; SMAD 2; SMAD family member 2; SMAD, mothers against DPP homolog 2; SMAD2 Specification REACTIVITY: H M R Mk