Mechanism for activation of mutated epidermal growth factor receptors in lung cancer.
Red Brewer, M., Yun, C.H., Lai, D., Lemmon, M.A., Eck, M.J., Pao, W.(2013) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110: E3595-E3604
- PubMed: 24019492 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220050110
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4LL0 - PubMed Abstract: 
The initiation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase activity proceeds via an asymmetric dimerization mechanism in which a "donor" tyrosine kinase domain (TKD) contacts an "acceptor" TKD, leading to its activation. In the context of a ligand-induced dimer, identical wild-type EGFR TKDs are thought to assume the donor or acceptor roles in a random manner ...