Featured Publications
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
2003
Tyr-317 Phosphorylation Increases Shc Structural Rigidity and Reduces Coupling of Domain Motions Remote from the Phosphorylation Site as Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations*
Suenaga A, Kiyatkin AB, Hatakeyama M, Futatsugi N, Okimoto N, Hirano Y, Narumi T, Kawai A, Susukita R, Koishi T, Furusawa H, Yasuoka K, Takada N, Ohno Y, Taiji M, Ebisuzaki T, Hoek JB, Konagaya A, Kholodenko BN. Tyr-317 Phosphorylation Increases Shc Structural Rigidity and Reduces Coupling of Domain Motions Remote from the Phosphorylation Site as Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2003, 279: 4657-4662. PMID: 14613932, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310598200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhosphotyrosine bindingTyr-317Shc phosphorylationSH2 domainC-terminal Src homology 2 domainSrc homology 2 domainRas/Raf/MEK/ERK pathwayShc adaptor proteinRaf/MEK/ERK pathwayMEK/ERK pathwayReceptor tyrosine kinasesShc functionPhosphorylated ShcPhosphorylation sitesAdaptor proteinLinker regionShcTyrosine kinaseERK pathwayMembrane receptorsPhosphorylationDomain motionMolecular dynamics simulationsNumerous partnersDomain coupling
2000
Crystallographic structure and functional interpretation of the cytoplasmic domain of erythrocyte membrane band 3
Zhang D, Kiyatkin A, Bolin J, Low P. Crystallographic structure and functional interpretation of the cytoplasmic domain of erythrocyte membrane band 3. Blood 2000, 96: 2925-2933. PMID: 11049968, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.9.2925.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoplasmic domainPeripheral proteinsAnimal cell plasma membranesRed blood cell membraneProtein tyrosine kinasesGlyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenaseErythrocyte membrane band 3Major conformational changesMajor organizing centersCell plasma membraneBand 3Membrane band 3Protein 4.2Dimerization armProtein networkPlasma membraneMultiple proteinsTyrosine kinaseProtein ligandsOrganizing centerConformational changesImproved structural definitionCell membraneProtein 4Protein