A single amino acid substitution in a WW‐like domain of diverse members of the PDGF receptor subfamily of tyrosine kinases causes constitutive receptor activation
Irusta P, DiMaio D. A single amino acid substitution in a WW‐like domain of diverse members of the PDGF receptor subfamily of tyrosine kinases causes constitutive receptor activation. The EMBO Journal 1998, 17: 6912-6923. PMID: 9843497, PMCID: PMC1171039, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.23.6912.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlanineAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsBinding SitesCell Line, TransformedCloning, MolecularDimerizationEnzyme ActivationHumansInterleukin-3LigandsMiceMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPeptidesPhosphorylationPolymerase Chain ReactionReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaReceptors, Platelet-Derived Growth FactorSequence Homology, Amino AcidStructure-Activity RelationshipTyrosineValineConceptsTyrosine kinase activityKinase activityTyrosine kinasePlatelet-derived growth factor beta receptorCytoplasmic juxtamembrane domainPDGF receptorSignal transduction proteinsWW-like domainTransmembrane receptor tyrosine kinaseProtein-protein interactionsBa/F3 cellsGST fusion proteinSingle amino acid substitutionConstitutive receptor activationGrowth factor beta receptorAbsence of ligandReceptor tyrosine kinasesAmino acid substitutionsSequence PPXYTransduction proteinsWW domainsCellular functionsJuxtamembrane regionTyrosine phosphorylationAlanine substitutions