2023
Allosteric inhibition of the T cell receptor by a designed membrane ligand
Ye Y, Morita S, Chang J, Buckley P, Wilhelm K, DiMaio D, Groves J, Barrera F. Allosteric inhibition of the T cell receptor by a designed membrane ligand. ELife 2023, 12: e82861. PMID: 37796108, PMCID: PMC10554751, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell receptorTCR activationCD3ζ subunitsTM ligandsComplex molecular machinesReceptor tyrosine kinase EphA2Cell receptorTM domainTransmembrane domainNative nanodiscsTCR subunitsAllosteric changesTM bundleCytoplasmic sideTM regionMolecular mechanismsExtracellular domainAllosteric inhibitionLck phosphorylationMolecular machinesMembrane receptorsAberrant activationSubunitsMembrane ligandsDecades of investigation
2017
Two transmembrane dimers of the bovine papillomavirus E5 oncoprotein clamp the PDGF β receptor in an active dimeric conformation
Karabadzhak AG, Petti LM, Barrera FN, Edwards APB, Moya-Rodríguez A, Polikanov YS, Freites JA, Tobias DJ, Engelman DM, DiMaio D. Two transmembrane dimers of the bovine papillomavirus E5 oncoprotein clamp the PDGF β receptor in an active dimeric conformation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e7262-e7271. PMID: 28808001, PMCID: PMC5584431, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705622114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmembrane domainE5 proteinE5 dimerPlatelet-derived growth factor β receptorGrowth factor β receptorActive dimeric conformationPDGF β-receptorTransmembrane dimerProtein bindsMembrane environmentReceptor dimerizationDimeric conformationAtom molecular dynamics simulationsBiochemical experimentsMouse cellsMolecular mechanismsActive dimerΒ receptorBovine papillomavirusProteinSpecific interactionsMembrane modelingReceptor activationDimerizationComplexes