2025
Structural basis for the interaction between the Drosophila RTK Sevenless (dROS1) and the GPCR BOSS
Zhang J, Tsutsui Y, Li H, Li T, Wang Y, Laraki S, Alarcon-Frias S, Stayrook S, Klein D. Structural basis for the interaction between the Drosophila RTK Sevenless (dROS1) and the GPCR BOSS. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 808. PMID: 39827240, PMCID: PMC11743138, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-55943-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFibronectin type IIIExtracellular regionReceptor tyrosine kinasesR7 photoreceptor cellsN-terminal domainCryo-EM structureC-terminal peptideDownstream signaling pathwaysDrosophila homologueBeta-strandsHelical hairpinHuman orthologHydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometryMutagenesis studiesStructural basisRegulatory functionsSignaling pathwayTyrosine kinaseLigand bindingSevenlessComplex predictionBinding epitopeHDX-MSPhotoreceptor cellsBinding interactions
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