1997
Dimerization of the p185neu transmembrane domain is necessary but not sufficient for transformation
Burke C, Lemmon M, Coren B, Engelman D, Stern D. Dimerization of the p185neu transmembrane domain is necessary but not sufficient for transformation. Oncogene 1997, 14: 687-696. PMID: 9038376, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1200873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesTransmembrane domainEpidermal growth factor receptorSignal transductionWild-type domainSecond-site mutationsPosition 664Dimerization domainGrowth factor receptorTyrosine kinaseGlycophorin AFactor receptorValine substitutionDimerizationMutationsTransductionGlutamic acidDomainWeak dimerizationMutantsKinaseSignalingProteinEGFChimeras
1992
Intramembrane Helix-Helix Association in Oligomerization and Transmembrane Signaling
Bormann B, Engelman D. Intramembrane Helix-Helix Association in Oligomerization and Transmembrane Signaling. Annual Review Of Biophysics 1992, 21: 223-242. PMID: 1326354, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bb.21.060192.001255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein foldingTransmembrane regionReceptor proteinClose contact sitesSignal transductionQuaternary structureReceptor moleculesConformational changesHelical transmembrane regionsAllosteric conformational changeHelix-helix associationConformational change modelTertiary/quaternary structureTransmembrane helicesTransmembrane domainMechanism of insertionCytoplasmic domainTransmembrane signalingContact sitesPrimary structureSecondary structureProteinOligomerizationFoldingProteolytic fragments