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Asp-960/Glu-961 controls the movement of the C-terminal tail of the epidermal growth factor receptor to regulate asymmetric dimer formation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Jul 2010
Yang Katherine S, Macdonald-Obermann Jennifer L, Piwnica-Worms David, Pike Linda J
Abstract excerpt
The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor is a tyrosine kinase that dimerizes in response to ligand binding. Ligand-induced dimerization of the extracellular domain of the receptor promotes formation of an asymmetric dimer of the intracellular kinase domains, leading to stimulation of the tyrosi...
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