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
2011
Molecular dynamics analysis of conserved hydrophobic and hydrophilic bond-interaction networks in ErbB family kinases
Shih AJ, Telesco SE, Choi SH, Lemmon MA, Radhakrishnan R. Molecular dynamics analysis of conserved hydrophobic and hydrophilic bond-interaction networks in ErbB family kinases. Biochemical Journal 2011, 436: 241-251. PMID: 21426301, PMCID: PMC3138537, DOI: 10.1042/bj20101791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErbB familyDifferent molecular contextsIntracellular kinase domainImportant regulatory elementsSrc kinase HckReceptor tyrosine kinasesHomologous receptor tyrosine kinasesSequence similarityKinase domainRegulatory elementsDimer interfaceSubdomain motionsInactive conformationKey residuesEGFR activationMolecular contextTyrosine kinasePresent molecular dynamics studyBond networkActive conformationConformational statesKinaseErbB kinasesMolecular dynamics analysisSalt bridge
1992
Dimerization of Glycophorin a Transmembrane Helices: Mutagenesis and Modeling
Engelman D, Adair B, Brünger A, Flanagan J, Lemmon M, Treutlein H, Zhang J. Dimerization of Glycophorin a Transmembrane Helices: Mutagenesis and Modeling. Jerusalem Symposia 1992, 25: 115-125. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2718-9_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransmembrane domainSingle transmembrane domainSite-specific mutagenesisGpA dimerTransmembrane helicesDeletion mutagenesisTransmembrane portionCarboxy terminusDimer interfaceHanded supercoilMutagenesisChimera formLipid bilayersGlycophorin AStaphylococcal nucleaseHuman erythrocyte sialoglycoproteinSDS-PAGEErythrocyte sialoglycoproteinDimerizationClose associationDomainDimersSupercoilsNucleaseTerminus