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A novel kinase mutation in VEGFR-1 predisposes its αC-helix/activation loop towards allosteric activation: Atomic insights from protein simulation.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Aug 2016
Mokhdomi Taseem A, Bukhari Shoiab, Chikan Naveed Anjum, Amin Asif, Wafai Asrar H, Wani Sajad H, Chowdri Nisar A, Qadri Raies A
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Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (VEGFR-1) has been implicated in diverse pathologies, including cancers. Although VEGFR-1 is considered as functionally impaired kinase, its decoy characteristics make it an important regulator of VEGFR-mediated signaling, particularly in tumor angiogenesis. VEGFR-1 conveys signaling via its tyrosine kinase (TK) domain whose activation is regulated by phosphorylation...
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