Biology 2382B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Erbb3, Trastuzumab, Grb2

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Consists of a receptor and tyrosine kinase - after binding to a ligand they become a kinase. There are 100s of rtks that have different functions and different ligands that bind to them. You have a ligand binding from the outside of the cell that will facilitate some sort of change within the cell. Cytoplasmic domain has intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity which is only activated by ligand binding and receptor dimerization. Dimerization starts the signaling cascade through the use of adapter proteins. Bind to the receptor and then pass the signal on to another molecule. Second molecule is often an enzyme, most prevalent is ras. Ras acts as a gtpase switch protein to signal further downstream kinases. Aberrant signaling is at root of many human cancers. Cell function goes wrong, usually causes cell proliferation, cause of changes in the cell cycle gene transcription. Dimerization: allows for trans-autophospharylation of cytoplasmic domains (enzyme domain)

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