2013
Mechanism for activation of mutated epidermal growth factor receptors in lung cancer
Brewer M, Yun CH, Lai D, Lemmon MA, Eck MJ, Pao W. Mechanism for activation of mutated epidermal growth factor receptors in lung cancer. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: e3595-e3604. PMID: 24019492, PMCID: PMC3780914, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220050110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWT epidermal growth factor receptorEpidermal growth factor receptorTyrosine kinase domainGrowth factor receptorConformational changesAsymmetric dimer interfaceMutant epidermal growth factor receptorAllosteric conformational changeAsymmetric dimer formationFactor receptorIntermolecular regulationKinase domainEGFR tyrosine kinase domainDimer interfaceMutantsM mutantActive conformation
2007
Ligand-Induced Structural Transitions in ErbB Receptor Extracellular Domains
Dawson JP, Bu Z, Lemmon MA. Ligand-Induced Structural Transitions in ErbB Receptor Extracellular Domains. Structure 2007, 15: 942-954. PMID: 17697999, DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2007.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracellular regionDimerization siteLow-resolution molecular envelopeEpidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activationGrowth factor receptor activationAutoinhibitory intramolecular interactionMajor domain rearrangementsSmall-angle X-ray scatteringReceptor extracellular domainDomain rearrangementsEGF receptorExtracellular domainLigand bindingEGFR mutantsReceptor conformationMutantsMolecular envelopeExtended conformationNew insightsReceptor activationCrystallographic studiesConformationIntramolecular interactionsReceptorsX-ray scattering
2004
Inhibition of nuclear import and cell-cycle progression by mutated forms of the dynamin-like GTPase MxB
King MC, Raposo G, Lemmon MA. Inhibition of nuclear import and cell-cycle progression by mutated forms of the dynamin-like GTPase MxB. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 8957-8962. PMID: 15184662, PMCID: PMC428454, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403167101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusAmino Acid SubstitutionCell CycleCell NucleusCytoplasmGene ExpressionGTP-Binding ProteinsGuanosine TriphosphateHeLa CellsHumansInterferon-alphaMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronMyxovirus Resistance ProteinsNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA InterferenceTransfectionConceptsNuclear importCell cycle progressionRNA interferenceDynamin-like proteinCell cycle defectsDynamin-like GTPasesNormal cellular functionNucleocytoplasmic traffickingCellular functionsNuclear poresCytoplasmic faceMx proteinCellular traffickingUnexpected roleMxBType I IFNTraffickingProteinI IFNImportAntiviral activityGTPasesMutantsSubfamiliesRoleSvp1p defines a family of phosphatidylinositol 3,5‐bisphosphate effectors
Dove SK, Piper RC, McEwen RK, Yu JW, King MC, Hughes DC, Thuring J, Holmes AB, Cooke FT, Michell RH, Parker PJ, Lemmon MA. Svp1p defines a family of phosphatidylinositol 3,5‐bisphosphate effectors. The EMBO Journal 2004, 23: 1922-1933. PMID: 15103325, PMCID: PMC404323, DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAutophagy-Related ProteinsBase SequenceCloning, MolecularEndosomesEscherichia coliGene ComponentsGenetic VectorsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPhosphatidylinositol PhosphatesPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)PlasmidsProtein BindingProtein FoldingProtein TransportRhinovirusSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNAVacuolesConceptsFamily of phosphatidylinositolSaccharomyces cerevisiae mutantsDrosophila homologueCerevisiae mutantsMembrane recyclingVesicle recyclingVacuole enlargementVacuole membraneMultivesicular bodiesRelated proteinsLysosomal compartmentMarker proteinsExquisite specificityEffectorsProteinPhosphatidylinositolVacuolesEukaryotesCellsMutantsLocalisesGolgiHomologuesMVBGenes
1997
Dimerization of the p185neu transmembrane domain is necessary but not sufficient for transformation
Burke C, Lemmon M, Coren B, Engelman D, Stern D. Dimerization of the p185neu transmembrane domain is necessary but not sufficient for transformation. Oncogene 1997, 14: 687-696. PMID: 9038376, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1200873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesTransmembrane domainEpidermal growth factor receptorSignal transductionWild-type domainSecond-site mutationsPosition 664Dimerization domainGrowth factor receptorTyrosine kinaseGlycophorin AFactor receptorValine substitutionDimerizationMutationsTransductionGlutamic acidDomainWeak dimerizationMutantsKinaseSignalingProteinEGFChimeras
1995
Structure of the high affinity complex of inositol trisphosphate with a phospholipase C pleckstrin homology domain
Ferguson K, Lemmon M, Schlessinger J, Sigler P. Structure of the high affinity complex of inositol trisphosphate with a phospholipase C pleckstrin homology domain. Cell 1995, 83: 1037-1046. PMID: 8521504, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90219-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBinding SitesBlood ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayInositol 1,4,5-TrisphosphateIsoenzymesMolecular ConformationMolecular Sequence DataPhospholipase C gammaPhosphoproteinsProtein ConformationRatsSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpectrinType C PhospholipasesConceptsPleckstrin homology domainHigh-affinity complexHomology domainPH domainPhospholipase C-delta 1C-delta 1Affinity complexHead group specificityMembrane targetingLoss of functionSignaling proteinsDomain foldsMutational changesBtk mutantsRegulatory functionsAmino acidsX-ray crystal structureBeta 2Beta 1/beta 2InositolDomainMutantsComplexesProteinTrisphosphate