2017
EGFR Ligands Differentially Stabilize Receptor Dimers to Specify Signaling Kinetics
Freed DM, Bessman NJ, Kiyatkin A, Salazar-Cavazos E, Byrne PO, Moore JO, Valley CC, Ferguson KM, Leahy DJ, Lidke DS, Lemmon MA. EGFR Ligands Differentially Stabilize Receptor Dimers to Specify Signaling Kinetics. Cell 2017, 171: 683-695.e18. PMID: 28988771, PMCID: PMC5650921, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor tyrosine kinasesEpidermal growth factor receptorEGFR ligandsEGFR extracellular regionG protein-coupled receptorsDifferent EGFR ligandsCellular programsDifferent activating ligandsEGFR dimersCell signalingGrowth factor receptorExtracellular regionDimeric conformationEGFR dimerizationNew therapeutic opportunitiesReceptor dimersTyrosine kinaseBreast cancer cellsDimerization strengthActivating ligandsFactor receptorCancer cellsEpigenTherapeutic opportunitiesBiased agonism
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