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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 45, Issue 42, Pages 12704-12714Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi061264m
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The transmembrane (TM) and juxtamembrane (JM) regions of the epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR) couple ligand binding in the extracellular domain to activation of the kinase domain. Solid-state NMR and polarized FTIR measurements of peptides corresponding to the TM plus JM regions of EGFR ( residues 622-660) reconstituted in model phospholipid membranes are presented to address the role of the short cytoplasmic JM sequence (residues 645-660) in regulating EGFR activity. We show that the TM domain is helical with a transition to non-helical structure at the TM-JM boundary. Fluorescence measurements indicate that the JM region of EGFR(622-660) binds to the membrane surface and that binding can be reversed by the addition of the complex of Ca2+ and calmodulin. Together these data support models suggesting the cytoplasmic JM region of EGFR plays an active role in regulating receptor activity.
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