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
2012
Erlotinib binds both inactive and active conformations of the EGFR tyrosine kinase domain
Park JH, Liu Y, Lemmon MA, Radhakrishnan R. Erlotinib binds both inactive and active conformations of the EGFR tyrosine kinase domain. Biochemical Journal 2012, 448: 417-423. PMID: 23101586, PMCID: PMC3507260, DOI: 10.1042/bj20121513.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
EGF-independent activation of cell-surface EGF receptors harboring mutations found in gefitinib-sensitive lung cancer
Choi SH, Mendrola JM, Lemmon MA. EGF-independent activation of cell-surface EGF receptors harboring mutations found in gefitinib-sensitive lung cancer. Oncogene 2006, 26: 1567-1576. PMID: 16953218, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209957.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorTyrosine kinase domainKinase domainEGF receptorRecent structural studiesSomatic mutationsCell surface EGF receptorsTyrosine kinase activityAbsence of EGFAutoinhibitory interactionsActivation loopErbB family membersGrowth factor receptorTyrosine phosphorylationEGFR tyrosine kinase domainKinase activityNull backgroundMechanistic basisOncogenic mutationsBiochemical propertiesCell surfaceCell lung carcinoma patientsFactor receptorMutationsLung carcinoma patients