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What is the role of tyrosine kinases in cellular processes?
Regulating various cellular processes, including cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and survival.
How are Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs) activated?
Upon binding of specific ligands, RTKs undergo dimerization and autophosphorylation.
What is the function of Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinases?
Mediating the transmission of signals from cell surface receptors to the nucleus.
Describe the structure of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs).
RTKs are transmembrane proteins with an extracellular ligand-binding domain, a single transmembrane domain, and an intracellular kinase domain.
How do activated RTKs initiate intracellular signaling cascades?
By phosphorylating tyrosine residues on themselves and on downstream signaling proteins.
Give examples of Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinases.
Src family kinases, Janus kinases (JAKs), and Abl kinases.
What is the significance of autophosphorylation in RTK activation?
Autophosphorylation leads to the activation of the kinase domain, initiating downstream signaling.
What is the main consequence of mutations or overexpression of tyrosine kinases?
Uncontrolled cell growth and proliferation, metastasis, resistance to cell death
How do tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) interfere with oncogenic signaling pathways?
By targeting the ATP-binding site of tyrosine kinases
What is the role of phosphorylation in cellular signal transduction?
Regulating various cellular processes with specificity and precision
How do receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) initiate downstream signaling cascades?
By autophosphorylating tyrosine residues within the kinase domain
What are the activation mechanisms of non-receptor tyrosine kinases?
Binding to other proteins, changes in subcellular localization, post-translational modifications
Describe the process by which ligand binding activates receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs).
Ligand binding induces receptor dimerization, leading to autophosphorylation of tyrosine residues within the kinase domain
What downstream signaling proteins are recruited by activated RTKs?
Adaptor molecules (e.g., Grb2), guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs)
How do non-receptor tyrosine kinases like Src family kinases become activated?
By conformational changes induced by interactions with other proteins or by phosphorylation
Test your knowledge on tyrosine kinases, enzymes that play a key role in cellular processes by catalyzing phosphorylation events. Learn about the classification of tyrosine kinases and their impact on cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and survival.
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