Description
Product Characteristics: CD271 / NGFR, also known as p75NGFR or p75NTR, is a 75 kDa low affinity receptor for the NGF (nerve growth factor), BDNF (brain-derived growth factor), and other neurotrophins, such as NT3 and NT4/5. Unlike other members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily of transmembrane proteins, CD271 has unique intracellular domain structure (lacks catalytic activity) and downstream signaling partners. Triggered by its ligands CD271 affects growth, differentiation, migration and death of the nervous system cells.
Target Information: Nerve growth factor receptor contains an extracellular domain containing four 40-amino acid repeats with 6 cysteine residues at conserved positions followed by a serine/threonine-rich region, a single transmembrane domain, and a 155-amino acid cytoplasmic domain. The cysteine-rich region contains the nerve growth factor binding domain. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]