2015
Structural analysis of the mechanism of phosphorylation of a critical autoregulatory tyrosine residue in FGFR1 kinase domain
Kobashigawa Y, Amano S, Yokogawa M, Kumeta H, Morioka H, Inouye M, Schlessinger J, Inagaki F. Structural analysis of the mechanism of phosphorylation of a critical autoregulatory tyrosine residue in FGFR1 kinase domain. Genes To Cells 2015, 20: 860-870. PMID: 26300540, DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFGFR1 kinase domainKinase domainFibroblast growth factor receptor 1Catalytic domainCovalent cross-linking experimentsReceptor tyrosine kinase activationNormal cellular processesSignal transduction pathwaysNonreceptor tyrosine kinaseMechanism of phosphorylationTyrosine kinase activationCross-linking experimentsInitial phosphorylation stepActivation loopCellular processesTransient dimer formationTransduction pathwaysTyrosine phosphorylationGrowth factor receptor 1Domain interactionsKinase activationMutational analysisContact sitesMolecular mechanismsTyrosine residues
2014
Structure, domain organization, and different conformational states of stem cell factor-induced intact KIT dimers
Opatowsky Y, Lax I, Tomé F, Bleichert F, Unger VM, Schlessinger J. Structure, domain organization, and different conformational states of stem cell factor-induced intact KIT dimers. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 1772-1777. PMID: 24449920, PMCID: PMC3918759, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323254111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracellular regionConformational statesIg-like domainsReceptor tyrosine kinasesDifferent conformational statesTrans autophosphorylationTyrosine kinase domainMembrane-proximal Ig-like domainsTrans phosphorylationAutophosphorylation sitesDomain organizationKinase domainCytoplasmic regionHomotypic interactionsKinase activityReceptor dimersDimeric receptorTyrosine kinaseAsymmetric arrangementMolecular interactionsPrevalent conformationsCrystal structureAutophosphorylationDimersKinase
2010
Cell Signaling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
Lemmon MA, Schlessinger J. Cell Signaling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases. Cell 2010, 141: 1117-1134. PMID: 20602996, PMCID: PMC2914105, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesTyrosine kinaseIntracellular tyrosine kinase domainRecent structural studiesGrowth factor ligandsTyrosine kinase domainUnexpected diversityKinase domainCell signalingLigand bindingCellular responsesFactor ligandRTK mutationsKinaseStructural studiesActivationSignalingDiversityMutationsDimerizationMechanismBindingDomainAsymmetric receptor contact is required for tyrosine autophosphorylation of fibroblast growth factor receptor in living cells
Bae JH, Boggon TJ, Tomé F, Mandiyan V, Lax I, Schlessinger J. Asymmetric receptor contact is required for tyrosine autophosphorylation of fibroblast growth factor receptor in living cells. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 2866-2871. PMID: 20133753, PMCID: PMC2840318, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914157107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesTyrosine autophosphorylationKinase moleculesTyrosine kinaseFGFR1 kinase domainSpecific docking sitesAsymmetric dimer formationFibroblast growth factor receptorActivation of intracellularKinase domainOncogenic activating mutationsGrowth factor receptorMolecular basisDocking siteKinase activityBiochemical experimentsActive enzymeN-lobeC-lobeFGF receptorsFunction mutationsAutophosphorylationTransphosphorylationLiving cellsFactor receptor
2009
The Selectivity of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Is Controlled by a Secondary SH2 Domain Binding Site
Bae JH, Lew ED, Yuzawa S, Tomé F, Lax I, Schlessinger J. The Selectivity of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Is Controlled by a Secondary SH2 Domain Binding Site. Cell 2009, 138: 514-524. PMID: 19665973, PMCID: PMC4764080, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.05.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSH2 domainSH2 domain-mediated interactionsReceptor tyrosine kinase signalingPhosphorylation-independent mannerReceptor phosphorylation sitesDomain-mediated interactionsDomain Binding SiteSpecific cellular processesTyrosine kinase signalingParticular sequence motifsReceptor tyrosine kinasesBinding sitesTyrosine kinase domainPhosphorylation sitesCellular processesSequence motifsPhospholipase CgammaKinase signalingKinase domainTyrosine kinaseSecondary binding siteCultured cellsDomain selectivityRegulation of selectivityIndependent manner
2007
Structural basis for reduced FGFR2 activity in LADD syndrome: Implications for FGFR autoinhibition and activation
Lew ED, Bae JH, Rohmann E, Wollnik B, Schlessinger J. Structural basis for reduced FGFR2 activity in LADD syndrome: Implications for FGFR autoinhibition and activation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2007, 104: 19802-19807. PMID: 18056630, PMCID: PMC2148379, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709905104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbnormalities, MultipleAdenosine TriphosphateAlanineCrystallography, X-RayHumansModels, MolecularMutationPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2Structural Homology, ProteinSubstrate SpecificitySyndromeConceptsFibroblast growth factor receptor 2Tyrosine kinase activityKinase activityStatic crystallographic snapshotsKinase hinge regionSevere skeletal disorderTyrosine kinase domainAutophosphorylation kineticsFGFR2 kinaseFGFR1 kinaseKinase domainKey residuesStructural basisMutation altersFGFR2 activityConformational dynamicsCrystallographic snapshotsStringent modeCatalytic pocketFGF receptorsFunction mutationsKinaseMultiple gainsMissense mutationsAutoinhibition