Insulin and epidermal growth factor receptor family members share parallel activation mechanisms
Ferguson KM, Hu C, Lemmon MA. Insulin and epidermal growth factor receptor family members share parallel activation mechanisms. Protein Science 2020, 29: 1331-1344. PMID: 32297376, PMCID: PMC7255510, DOI: 10.1002/pro.3871.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesEpidermal growth factor receptorLigand-binding moduleInsulin receptorAutoinhibitory interactionsRecent cryo-electron microscopy structuresCryo-electron microscopy structureFirst receptor tyrosine kinasesRecent cryo-EM structureEGFR activation mechanismsEpidermal growth factor receptor family membersActivated insulin receptorIntramolecular autoinhibitory interactionCryo-EM structureActivation mechanismCysteine-rich domainFibronectin type III domainReceptor family membersEGFR family membersType III domainMicroscopy structureDomain compositionTransmembrane regionGrowth factor receptorLike domain