RAF inhibitors promote RAS-RAF interaction by allosterically disrupting RAF autoinhibition

Autor: Ting Jin, Hugo Lavoie, Malha Sahmi, Maud David, Christine Hilt, Amy Hammell, Marc Therrien
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01274-0
Popis: RAF family kinases transmit signals from activated RAS at the plasma membrane to downstream kinases to control cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. Here the authors shed light on the molecular mechanisms whereby small molecule RAF inhibitors induce RAS-RAF association and paradoxical RAF activation.
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