2009
The Juxtamembrane Region of the EGF Receptor Functions as an Activation Domain
Brewer M, Choi SH, Alvarado D, Moravcevic K, Pozzi A, Lemmon MA, Carpenter G. The Juxtamembrane Region of the EGF Receptor Functions as an Activation Domain. Molecular Cell 2009, 34: 641-651. PMID: 19560417, PMCID: PMC2719887, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.04.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell LineCell Transformation, NeoplasticChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsCrystallography, X-RayDimerizationErbB ReceptorsHumansMiceModels, MolecularMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationNIH 3T3 CellsPhosphorylationProtein Structure, TertiaryTyrosineConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorActivation domainJuxtamembrane regionJM regionGrowth factor receptorIntracellular juxtamembrane regionEGF receptor functionAlanine-scanning mutagenesisFactor receptorTyrosine kinase activationAsymmetric dimerTyrosine kinase domainAutoinhibitory interactionsKinase domainCellular transformationScanning mutagenesisKinase activationEGFR activationC-lobeXenograft assayCancer mutationsC-terminal 19 residuesCrystallographic approachReceptor functionExtensive contacts
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
1994
Thermodynamic studies of tyrosyl-phosphopeptide binding to the SH2 domain of p56lck.
Lemmon MA, Ladbury JE. Thermodynamic studies of tyrosyl-phosphopeptide binding to the SH2 domain of p56lck. Biochemistry 1994, 33: 5070-6. PMID: 7513553, DOI: 10.1021/bi00183a010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBinding SitesCalorimetryCloning, MolecularConserved SequenceErbB ReceptorsEscherichia coliLymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)LymphocytesMolecular Sequence DataPeptide FragmentsPhosphopeptidesPhosphotyrosineProtein-Tyrosine KinasesRecombinant ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidTyrosine