Length of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR)
| Range | FGF ~150-300: FGFR 800 Amino acids |
|---|---|
| Organism | Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference | Itoh N, Ornitz DM. Evolution of the Fgf and Fgfr gene families. Trends Genet. 2004 Nov20(11):563-9. p.563 right column top sentence and p.567 left column top sentence doi:10.1016/j.tig.2004.08.007PubMed ID15475116 |
| Comments | Human FGFs, which comprise ~150–300 amino acids, have a conserved ~120-amino acid residue core, with ~30–60% amino acid identity. The overall amino-acid identity among human FGFRs is 56–71% |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 105847 |