2018
Regulation of Kinase Activity in the Caenorhabditis elegans EGF Receptor, LET-23
Liu L, Thaker TM, Freed DM, Frazier N, Malhotra K, Lemmon MA, Jura N. Regulation of Kinase Activity in the Caenorhabditis elegans EGF Receptor, LET-23. Structure 2018, 26: 270-281.e4. PMID: 29358026, PMCID: PMC5803352, DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2017.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLET-23Allosteric activatorEGF receptorAllosteric activation mechanismFull-length receptorCaenorhabditis elegansActive kinaseKinase domainAllosteric activationKinase activityReceptor dimersEGFR kinaseKinaseHuman EGFRDistinct rolesHuman counterpartActivation mechanismActivatorReceptorsElegansHeterodimerizationMutationsCrystal structureRegulationEGFR
2009
ErbB2/HER2/Neu resembles an autoinhibited invertebrate EGF receptor
Alvarado D, Klein D, Lemmon M. ErbB2/HER2/Neu resembles an autoinhibited invertebrate EGF receptor. The FASEB Journal 2009, 23: 884.3-884.3. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.884.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReceptor tyrosine kinase ErbB2Human cancersAutoinhibitory interactionsExtracellular regionInterdomain interactionsEGF receptorErbB2 signalingOrphan receptorOncogenic propertiesHuman EGFRErbB receptorsImportant therapeutic targetErbB2Structural studiesTherapeutic targetNovel aspectsReceptorsAutoinhibitoryAutoinhibitionSignalingOverexpressionImportant implicationsRegulationTherapeutic approachesEGFR