2000
Why cytoplasmic signalling proteins should be recruited to cell membranes
Kholodenko B, Hoek J, Westerhoff H, Kholodenko B, Hoek J, Westerhoff H. Why cytoplasmic signalling proteins should be recruited to cell membranes. Trends In Cell Biology 2000, 10: 173-178. PMID: 10754559, DOI: 10.1016/s0962-8924(00)01741-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal transduction proteinsSignal transduction chainTransduction proteinsCytoplasmic signaling proteinsMembrane localizationAdaptor proteinSignaling proteinsMembrane proteinsSignal transductionPlasma membraneRate of encounterImportant structural constraintsCell membraneProteinExtent of activationMembraneNumber of complexesDownstream processesActivationLocalizationTransductionReceptorsStructural constraintsLow concentrationsComplexes
1999
Spatial gradients of cellular phospho‐proteins
Brown G, Kholodenko B. Spatial gradients of cellular phospho‐proteins. FEBS Letters 1999, 457: 452-454. PMID: 10471827, DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01058-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular signalingProtein kinaseDifferent cellular geometriesCellular locationPlasma membranePhosphorylated formPlanar membranesProtein diffusionPhosphatase activityKinaseCellular geometryProtein diffusion coefficientsSpatial gradientsSpherical cellsProteinMembraneSuch gradientsCellsSignalingCytoplasmPhosphataseImportant implicationsGradientPotential size