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- Title
Molecular mechanisms of asymmetric RAF dimer activation.
- Authors
Jambrina, Pablo G.; Bohuszewicz, Olga; Buchete, Nicolae-Viorel; Kolch, Walter; Rosta, Edina
- Abstract
Protein phosphorylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications in cell regulatory mechanisms. Dimerization plays also a crucial role in the kinase activity of many kinases, including RAF, CDK2 (cyclin-dependent kinase 2) and EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor), with heterodimers often being the most active forms. However, the structural and mechanistic details of how phosphorylation affects the activity of homo- and hetero-dimers are largely unknown. Experimentally, synthesizing protein samples with fully specified and homogeneous phosphorylation states remains a challenge for structural biology and biochemical studies. Typically, multiple changes in phosphorylation lead to activation of the same protein, which makes structural determination methods particularly difficult. It is also not well understood how the occurrence of phosphorylation and dimerization processes synergize to affect kinase activities. In the present article, we review available structural data and discuss how MD simulations can be used to model conformational transitions of RAF kinase dimers, in both their phosphorylated and unphosphorylated forms.
- Subjects
RAF genes; DIMERS; CELLULAR signal transduction; CELLULAR control mechanisms; PHOSPHORYLATION
- Publication
Biochemical Society Transactions, 2014, Vol 42, Issue 4, p784
- ISSN
0300-5127
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1042/BST20140025