2021
ROR and RYK extracellular region structures suggest that receptor tyrosine kinases have distinct WNT-recognition modes
Shi F, Mendrola JM, Sheetz JB, Wu N, Sommer A, Speer KF, Noordermeer JN, Kan ZY, Perry K, Englander SW, Stayrook SE, Fradkin LG, Lemmon MA. ROR and RYK extracellular region structures suggest that receptor tyrosine kinases have distinct WNT-recognition modes. Cell Reports 2021, 37: 109834. PMID: 34686333, PMCID: PMC8650758, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsModels, MolecularNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesSf9 CellsStructure-Activity RelationshipWnt ProteinsWnt Signaling Pathway
2010
Structural Basis for Negative Cooperativity in Growth Factor Binding to an EGF Receptor
Alvarado D, Klein DE, Lemmon MA. Structural Basis for Negative Cooperativity in Growth Factor Binding to an EGF Receptor. Cell 2010, 142: 568-579. PMID: 20723758, PMCID: PMC2925043, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.07.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEGFR extracellular regionEpidermal growth factor receptorExtracellular regionEGF receptorDifferent signaling propertiesLigand-binding eventsLigand-induced dimerizationIntracellular tyrosine kinase domainNegative cooperativityCooperative ligand bindingTyrosine kinase domainAllosteric regulationEGF-binding sitesKinase domainFactor bindingGrowth factor receptorGrowth factor bindingStructural basisLigand bindingEGFR ligandsSignaling propertiesFactor receptorReduced affinityAsymmetric dimerUnoccupied sites
2009
ErbB2 resembles an autoinhibited invertebrate epidermal growth factor receptor
Alvarado D, Klein DE, Lemmon MA. ErbB2 resembles an autoinhibited invertebrate epidermal growth factor receptor. Nature 2009, 461: 287-291. PMID: 19718021, PMCID: PMC2762480, DOI: 10.1038/nature08297.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Structural basis for EGFR ligand sequestration by Argos
Klein DE, Stayrook SE, Shi F, Narayan K, Lemmon MA. Structural basis for EGFR ligand sequestration by Argos. Nature 2008, 453: 1271-1275. PMID: 18500331, PMCID: PMC2526102, DOI: 10.1038/nature06978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesCell LineCrystallography, X-RayDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsEye ProteinsHumansLigandsMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSpodopteraConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorLigand sequestrationEGFR ligand SpitzLigand SpitzMammalian counterpartsGrowth factor receptorStructural basisUrokinase plasminogen activatorStructural homologuesEGFR ligandsFactor receptorAnticancer therapeuticsStructural resemblanceHomologuesPlasminogen activatorReceptorsSequestrationProteinActivatorLigandsSpitzTGFTherapeuticsDomain
2006
Argos Mutants Define an Affinity Threshold for Spitz Inhibition in Vivo *
Alvarado D, Evans TA, Sharma R, Lemmon MA, Duffy JB. Argos Mutants Define an Affinity Threshold for Spitz Inhibition in Vivo *. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2006, 281: 28993-29001. PMID: 16870613, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603782200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalmitoylation of the EGFR Ligand Spitz by Rasp Increases Spitz Activity by Restricting Its Diffusion
Miura GI, Buglino J, Alvarado D, Lemmon MA, Resh MD, Treisman JE. Palmitoylation of the EGFR Ligand Spitz by Rasp Increases Spitz Activity by Restricting Its Diffusion. Developmental Cell 2006, 10: 167-176. PMID: 16459296, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2005.11.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcyltransferasesAnimalsBase SequenceBiological Transport, ActiveCell LineCell MembraneCysteineDNADrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsFemaleGenes, InsectIn Vitro TechniquesLigandsMaleMembrane ProteinsModels, BiologicalMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationOvaryPalmitic AcidRecombinant ProteinsTransfectionWings, AnimalConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorDrosophila epidermal growth factor receptorEGFR ligand SpitzPlasma membrane associationN-terminal cysteine residueLigand SpitzMembrane associationWnt familyDevelopmental functionsGrowth factor receptorCysteine residuesBiological functionsLipid modificationPalmitoylationIntracellular proteinsCultured cellsCell membraneFactor receptorSpitzReduced activityVivoTransmembraneHedgehogProteinActivity