Receptor for VEGF or VEGFC. Has a tyrosine-protein kinase activity. The VEGF-kinase ligand/receptor signaling system plays a key role in vascular development and regulation of vascular permeability. In case of HIV-1 infection, the interaction with extracellular viral Tat protein seems to enhance angiogenesis in Kaposi's sarcoma lesions1) Zeng H, et al. (2001) J Biol Chem. 276 (35): 32714-32719. Dougher M, et al. (1999) Oncogene. 18 (8): 1619-1627.
Immunogen
VEGFR2 (Ab-1059) antibody was raised against a peptide sequence around aa. 1057~1061 (P-D-Y-V-R) derived from Human VEGFR2.