2015
Ligand regulation of a constitutively dimeric EGF receptor
Freed DM, Alvarado D, Lemmon MA. Ligand regulation of a constitutively dimeric EGF receptor. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 7380. PMID: 26060020, PMCID: PMC4465127, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorLin-3Ligand-induced receptor dimerizationInsulin receptor family membersReceptor family membersLET-23Minor structural rearrangementsDomain compositionLigand regulationGrowth factor receptorDimerization armAllosteric changesExtracellular regionOligomerization stateReceptor dimerizationMutational analysisEGF receptorFactor receptorStructural rearrangementsKey eventsCovalent dimersStructural studiesFamily membersCaenorhabditisDimers
1992
Dimerization of Glycophorin a Transmembrane Helices: Mutagenesis and Modeling
Engelman D, Adair B, Brünger A, Flanagan J, Lemmon M, Treutlein H, Zhang J. Dimerization of Glycophorin a Transmembrane Helices: Mutagenesis and Modeling. Jerusalem Symposia 1992, 25: 115-125. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2718-9_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransmembrane domainSingle transmembrane domainSite-specific mutagenesisGpA dimerTransmembrane helicesDeletion mutagenesisTransmembrane portionCarboxy terminusDimer interfaceHanded supercoilMutagenesisChimera formLipid bilayersGlycophorin AStaphylococcal nucleaseHuman erythrocyte sialoglycoproteinSDS-PAGEErythrocyte sialoglycoproteinDimerizationClose associationDomainDimersSupercoilsNucleaseTerminus