receptor tyrosine kinase

C29137
concept

A receptor tyrosine kinase is a transmembrane protein that, upon binding an extracellular ligand, dimerizes and autophosphorylates its intracellular tyrosine residues to initiate intracellular signaling cascades regulating cell growth, differentiation, and survival.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
receptor tyrosine kinase canonical 6
ErbB family member 1
ErbB receptor family member 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: receptor tyrosine kinase
Generated description
A receptor tyrosine kinase is a transmembrane protein that, upon binding an extracellular ligand, dimerizes and autophosphorylates its intracellular tyrosine residues to initiate intracellular signaling cascades regulating cell growth, differentiation, and survival.

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
HER2 receptor
ERBB2
CD340
EGFR
ERBB3
epidermal growth factor receptor family receptor tyrosine kinase family
ERBB4