Structure, 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