Light-activated receptor tyrosine kinases: Designs and applications.
Journal
Current opinion in pharmacology
ISSN: 1471-4973
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Pharmacol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100966133
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2022
04 2022
Historique:
received:
17
10
2021
revised:
28
01
2022
accepted:
30
01
2022
pubmed:
5
3
2022
medline:
12
4
2022
entrez:
4
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are a large and essential membrane receptor family. The molecular mechanisms and physiological consequences of RTK activation depend on, for example, ligand identity, subcellular localization, and developmental or disease stage. In the past few years, genetically-encoded light-activated RTKs (Opto-RTKs) have been developed to dissect these complexities by providing reversible and spatio-temporal control over cell signaling. These methods have very recently matured to include highly-sensitive multi-color actuators. The new ability to regulate RTK activity with high precision has been recently harnessed to gain mechanistic insights in subcellular, tissue, and animal models. Because of their sophisticated engineering, Opto-RTKs may only mirror some aspects of natural activation mechanisms but nevertheless offer unique opportunities to study RTK signaling and physiology.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35245796
pii: S1471-4892(22)00023-6
doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102197
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Ligands
0
Tyrosine
42HK56048U
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
EC 2.7.10.1
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102197Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest statement Nothing declared.