2023
Allosteric inhibition of the T cell receptor by a designed membrane ligand
Ye Y, Morita S, Chang J, Buckley P, Wilhelm K, DiMaio D, Groves J, Barrera F. Allosteric inhibition of the T cell receptor by a designed membrane ligand. ELife 2023, 12: e82861. PMID: 37796108, PMCID: PMC10554751, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell receptorTCR activationCD3ζ subunitsTM ligandsComplex molecular machinesReceptor tyrosine kinase EphA2Cell receptorTM domainTransmembrane domainNative nanodiscsTCR subunitsAllosteric changesTM bundleCytoplasmic sideTM regionMolecular mechanismsExtracellular domainAllosteric inhibitionLck phosphorylationMolecular machinesMembrane receptorsAberrant activationSubunitsMembrane ligandsDecades of investigation
2014
Small transmembrane protein inhibitors of the platelet‐derived growth factor β receptor (LB215)
Petti L, Talbert‐Slagle K, Chacon K, Hochstrasser M, DiMaio D. Small transmembrane protein inhibitors of the platelet‐derived growth factor β receptor (LB215). The FASEB Journal 2014, 28 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.lb215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransmembrane domainTransmembrane proteinPlatelet-derived growth factor β receptorProtein inhibitorGrowth factor receptor signalingSingle conservative amino acid substitutionSmall transmembrane proteinConservative amino acid substitutionsGrowth factor β receptorParticular tyrosine residueReceptor tyrosine kinasesAmino acid substitutionsSequence similarityGrowth factor receptorTraptamersReceptor dimerizationEffects of PDGFSmall proteinsTyrosine residuesExtracellular domainTyrosine kinaseAcid substitutionsReceptor signalingRetroviral libraryPDGFβR