2018
Structures of β-klotho reveal a ‘zip code’-like mechanism for endocrine FGF signalling
Lee S, Choi J, Mohanty J, Sousa LP, Tome F, Pardon E, Steyaert J, Lemmon MA, Lax I, Schlessinger J. Structures of β-klotho reveal a ‘zip code’-like mechanism for endocrine FGF signalling. Nature 2018, 553: 501-505. PMID: 29342135, PMCID: PMC6594174, DOI: 10.1038/nature25010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayExtracellular SpaceFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth FactorsGlycoside HydrolasesHEK293 CellsHumansKlotho ProteinsLigandsMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein DomainsReceptors, Fibroblast Growth FactorSignal TransductionSubstrate Specificity
2014
The Strength and Cooperativity of KIT Ectodomain Contacts Determine Normal Ligand-Dependent Stimulation or Oncogenic Activation in Cancer
Reshetnyak AV, Opatowsky Y, Boggon TJ, Folta-Stogniew E, Tome F, Lax I, Schlessinger J. The Strength and Cooperativity of KIT Ectodomain Contacts Determine Normal Ligand-Dependent Stimulation or Oncogenic Activation in Cancer. Molecular Cell 2014, 57: 191-201. PMID: 25544564, PMCID: PMC4764128, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.11.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBaculoviridaeBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme ActivationHumansLigandsMiceModels, MolecularMutationNeoplasmsNIH 3T3 CellsProtein BindingProtein FoldingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, SecondaryProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitRecombinant ProteinsSf9 CellsSpodopteraConceptsOncogenic KIT mutationsKIT mutationsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsAcute myeloid leukemiaKIT tyrosine kinase activitySomatic oncogenic mutationsInterstitial pacemaker cellsLigand-dependent stimulationReceptor tyrosine kinase KITStromal tumorsTyrosine kinase KITMyeloid leukemiaReceptor activationPacemaker cellsTyrosine kinase activityCancerKinase KITOncogenic mutationsHematopoietic cellsGerm cellsOncogenic activationActivationCellsReceptor moleculesMutationsStructure, domain organization, and different conformational states of stem cell factor-induced intact KIT dimers
Opatowsky Y, Lax I, Tomé F, Bleichert F, Unger VM, Schlessinger J. Structure, domain organization, and different conformational states of stem cell factor-induced intact KIT dimers. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 1772-1777. PMID: 24449920, PMCID: PMC3918759, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323254111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracellular regionConformational statesIg-like domainsReceptor tyrosine kinasesDifferent conformational statesTrans autophosphorylationTyrosine kinase domainMembrane-proximal Ig-like domainsTrans phosphorylationAutophosphorylation sitesDomain organizationKinase domainCytoplasmic regionHomotypic interactionsKinase activityReceptor dimersDimeric receptorTyrosine kinaseAsymmetric arrangementMolecular interactionsPrevalent conformationsCrystal structureAutophosphorylationDimersKinase