Article
Structural and functional properties of platelet-derived growth factor and stem cell factor receptors.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology - 1 Aug 2013
Heldin Carl-Henrik, Lennartsson Johan
Abstract excerpt
The receptors for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and stem cell factor (SCF) are members of the type III class of PTK receptors, which are characterized by five Ig-like domains extracellularly and a split kinase domain intracellularly. The receptors are activated by ligand-induced dimerization, leading to autophosphorylation on specific tyrosine residues. Thereby the kinase activities of the receptors are...
Topics
- Dimerization
- Embryonic Development
- Homeostasis
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit
- Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor
- Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
