2020
FGF23 contains two distinct high-affinity binding sites enabling bivalent interactions with α-Klotho
Suzuki Y, Kuzina E, An SJ, Tome F, Mohanty J, Li W, Lee S, Liu Y, Lax I, Schlessinger J. FGF23 contains two distinct high-affinity binding sites enabling bivalent interactions with α-Klotho. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 31800-31807. PMID: 33257569, PMCID: PMC7749347, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018554117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBinding SitesCalcinosisCell MembraneFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth FactorsGlucuronidaseHEK293 CellsHumansHyperostosis, Cortical, CongenitalHyperphosphatemiaImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsKlotho ProteinsMutationOsteomalaciaProtein BindingProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRickets, HypophosphatemicConceptsFGF receptorsTotal internal reflection fluorescence microscopyChimeric receptor moleculesReflection fluorescence microscopyBinding sitesDisulfide bridge formationCritical metabolic processesMAPK responseCytoplasmic domainGrowth factor familyTerminal tailFactor familyKinase activationSimilar binding affinitiesExtracellular domainFGFR1 activationTandem repeatsMetabolic processesDisulfide bridgesCell surfaceDistinct ligandsCell membraneFluorescence microscopyDistinct high-affinity binding sitesPhosphate homeostasis
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 moleculesMutations