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EGFR Ligands Differentially Stabilize Receptor Dimers to Specify Signaling Kinetics
Freed DM, Bessman NJ, Kiyatkin A, Salazar-Cavazos E, Byrne PO, Moore JO, Valley CC, Ferguson KM, Leahy DJ, Lidke DS, Lemmon MA. EGFR Ligands Differentially Stabilize Receptor Dimers to Specify Signaling Kinetics. Cell 2017, 171: 683-695.e18. PMID: 28988771, PMCID: PMC5650921, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesEpidermal growth factor receptorEGFR ligandsEGFR extracellular regionG protein-coupled receptorsDifferent EGFR ligandsCellular programsDifferent activating ligandsEGFR dimersCell signalingGrowth factor receptorExtracellular regionDimeric conformationEGFR dimerizationNew therapeutic opportunitiesReceptor dimersTyrosine kinaseBreast cancer cellsDimerization strengthActivating ligandsFactor receptorCancer cellsEpigenTherapeutic opportunitiesBiased agonism
2009
Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal that Tyr-317 Phosphorylation Reduces Shc Binding Affinity for Phosphotyrosyl Residues of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Suenaga A, Hatakeyama M, Kiyatkin AB, Radhakrishnan R, Taiji M, Kholodenko BN. Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal that Tyr-317 Phosphorylation Reduces Shc Binding Affinity for Phosphotyrosyl Residues of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. Biophysical Journal 2009, 96: 2278-2288. PMID: 19289054, PMCID: PMC2717265, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSrc homology 2Epidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorPhospho-tyrosine binding (PTB) domainsLinker regionFull-length ShcPhospho-tyrosine residuesKey conformational changesFactor receptorShc interactionTyr-317Protein ShcTyrosine kinase receptorsPhosphorylated ShcPTB domainRas-mitogenHomology 2Phosphorylation resultsPhosphotyrosyl peptidesProtein kinaseTyrosine phosphorylationBinding domainsSubsequent phosphorylationPhosphotyrosyl residuesShc