regulation of RTK/ receptor tyrosine kinase signalling Flashcards
mind maps of these pathways would help esp to compare GPCR - dont need to memorise other than rasrafMEKERK
RTKs have a ______ structure compared to GPCRs
very different
the structure of RTKs
single transmembrane alpha helix (GPCRs have 7 transmembrane domains)
extracellular ligand binding domains
protein tyrosine kinase domain intracellularly (TKD)
C terminal tail
how many known RTKs in humans
58, 20 subfamilies
subfamily ErbB includes which members (4)
EFGR (ErbB1)
HER2 (ErbB2)
ErbB3
ErB4
subfamily Met includes which members (2)
Met (colorectal cancer)
Ron
subfamily VEGF includes which members (3)
VEGFR1
VEGFR2
VEGFR3
subfamily PDGF includes which members (3)
PDGFalpha
PDGFbeta
CSF1r
what can result from genetic changes/ abnormalities that alter activity, abundance, cellular distribution or regulation of RTKs
numerous diseases e.g. cancer, diabetes, inflammation, severe bone disorders, atherosclerosis, angiogenisis
most RTK endogenous ligands are
soluble growth factors
binding of growth factors/ ligands to RTKs cause what
receptor dimerisation
similarly to GCPRs
differently, can oligomerise - form cluster
role of tyrosine kinase domain on C terminal of RTKs
phosphorylates tyrosine residues on other RTK - transphosphorylation
what is transphosphorylation
one monomer (RTK) phosphorylates other monomer (RTK)
what do newly transphosphorylated residues do
act as docking sites for adaptor proteins that activate downstream signal transduction pathways by binding to RTK
some RTKs such as ______ will spontaneously form dimers in absence of ligands
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
what is unique about RTKs such as EGFR
form spontaneous dimers in absence of ligands
in absence of ligands are TKDs active
no - dimer may be formed but do not undergo transphosphorylation, no signal transduction events
what occurs when RTK is activated by an agonist
RTKs dimerise
undergo transphosphorylation
transphosphorylated RTKs act as adaptor sites for adaptor proteins, allow them to interact
example of adaptor protein
Grb2
what occurs after Grb2 interacts with transphosphorylated RTK
Gbr2 is bound to mSos
mSos is GEF so can exhange GDP for GTP
this activates Ras
activates downstream signalling e.g. Ras Raf MEK ERK/ MAPK signal transduction pathway
what is mSos
guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF)