2017
Dimerization of Tie2 mediated by its membrane-proximal FNIII domains
Moore JO, Lemmon MA, Ferguson KM. Dimerization of Tie2 mediated by its membrane-proximal FNIII domains. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 4382-4387. PMID: 28396397, PMCID: PMC5410832, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617800114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracellular regionFNIII domainsResolution X-ray crystal structureMembrane-proximal fibronectin type III domainsDomain-mediated interactionsDifferent cellular contextsLigand-binding regionHigher-order oligomersTie2 activationFibronectin type III domainReceptor tyrosine kinasesTyrosine kinase familyEGF-homology domainThird FNIII domainType III domainPrevious structural studiesStructural studiesHomology domainCellular contextKinase familyDimer interfaceDimerization modeReceptor dimerizationTyrosine kinasePrimary activator
2013
Mechanism for activation of mutated epidermal growth factor receptors in lung cancer
Brewer M, Yun CH, Lai D, Lemmon MA, Eck MJ, Pao W. Mechanism for activation of mutated epidermal growth factor receptors in lung cancer. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: e3595-e3604. PMID: 24019492, PMCID: PMC3780914, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220050110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWT epidermal growth factor receptorEpidermal growth factor receptorTyrosine kinase domainGrowth factor receptorConformational changesAsymmetric dimer interfaceMutant epidermal growth factor receptorAllosteric conformational changeAsymmetric dimer formationFactor receptorIntermolecular regulationKinase domainEGFR tyrosine kinase domainDimer interfaceMutantsM mutantActive conformation
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