2014
Complex Relationship between Ligand Binding and Dimerization in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Bessman NJ, Bagchi A, Ferguson KM, Lemmon MA. Complex Relationship between Ligand Binding and Dimerization in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. Cell Reports 2014, 9: 1306-1317. PMID: 25453753, PMCID: PMC4254573, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.10.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorLigand bindingExtracellular regionGrowth factor receptorIntact epidermal growth factor receptorEGFR extracellular regionComplex allosteric regulationExtracellular epidermal growth factor receptorFactor receptorLigand-binding affinityAllosteric regulationReceptor dimerizationEGFR dimerizationAllosteric linkagePathological mutationsOncogenic mutationsNegative cooperativityMutationsDimerizationUnexpected relationshipBindingSpecific ligandsPivotal roleRecent advancesReceptors
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 studiesActivationSignalingDiversityMutationsDimerizationMechanismBindingDomain
1997
Two EGF molecules contribute additively to stabilization of the EGFR dimer
Lemmon M, Bu Z, Ladbury J, Zhou M, Pinchasi D, Lax I, Engelman D, Schlessinger J. Two EGF molecules contribute additively to stabilization of the EGFR dimer. The EMBO Journal 1997, 16: 281-294. PMID: 9029149, PMCID: PMC1169635, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.2.281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factorReceptor dimerizationEGF moleculesPrecise molecular detailsHuman growth hormone receptorReceptor-receptor interactionsGrowth factorInterferon-gamma receptorEGFR dimersSignaling eventsMolecular detailsReceptor oligomerizationGrowth hormone receptorExtracellular domainEGFR familyCell surfaceMonomer bindsSubsequent associationDimerizationHormone receptorsTitration calorimetrySmall-angle X-ray scatteringBindingReceptorsMultivalent binding
1996
Identification of the Binding Site for Acidic Phospholipids on the PH Domain of Dynamin: Implications for Stimulation of GTPase Activity
Zheng J, Cahill S, Lemmon M, Fushman D, Schlessinger J, Cowburn D. Identification of the Binding Site for Acidic Phospholipids on the PH Domain of Dynamin: Implications for Stimulation of GTPase Activity. Journal Of Molecular Biology 1996, 255: 14-21. PMID: 8568861, DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBinding SitesBlood ProteinsDynaminsGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansKineticsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyModels, MolecularPhosphatidic AcidsPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-DiphosphatePhosphatidylinositol PhosphatesPhosphoproteinsProtein ConformationSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpectrometry, FluorescenceConceptsDynamin PH domainPH domainMembrane associationGTPase activityGuanine nucleotide exchange factorsNucleotide exchange factorsPleckstrin homology domainAcidic phospholipidsBinding of phospholipidsHomology domainExchange factorHuman dynaminGTP hydrolysisDynaminLipid head groupsLigand interactionsGTPaseBinding sitesPhosphatidylinositolSpecific sitesProteinPhospholipidsRelative affinityBindingDomain