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Orchestration of ErbB3 signaling through heterointeractions and homointeractions
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Orchestration of ErbB3 signaling through heterointeractions and homointeractions

Meghan McCabe Pryor, Mara P Steinkamp, Adam M Halasz, Ye Chen, Shujie Yang, Marilyn S Smith, Gergely Zahoransky-Kohalmi, Mark Swift, Xiao-Ping Xu, Dorit Hanein, …
Molecular biology of the cell, Vol.26(22), pp.4109-4123
11/05/2015
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E14-06-1114
PMCID: PMC4710241
PMID: 26378253
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https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E14-06-1114View
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Abstract

Members of the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases are capable of both homointeractions and heterointeractions. Because each receptor has a unique set of binding sites for downstream signaling partners and differential catalytic activity, subtle shifts in their combinatorial interplay may have a large effect on signaling outcomes. The overexpression and mutation of ErbB family members are common in numerous human cancers and shift the balance of activation within the signaling network. Here we report the development of a spatial stochastic model that addresses the dynamics of ErbB3 homodimerization and heterodimerization with ErbB2. The model is based on experimental measures for diffusion, dimer off-rates, kinase activity, and dephosphorylation. We also report computational analysis of ErbB3 mutations, generating the prediction that activating mutations in the intracellular and extracellular domains may be subdivided into classes with distinct underlying mechanisms. We show experimental evidence for an ErbB3 gain-of-function point mutation located in the C-lobe asymmetric dimerization interface, which shows enhanced phosphorylation at low ligand dose associated with increased kinase activity.
Phosphorylation Receptor, ErbB-3 - metabolism Signal Transduction Models, Biological Computer Simulation Humans Protein Multimerization Ligands Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases - metabolism

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