High affinity nerve growth factor receptor

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== Function ==
== Function ==
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'''High affinity nerve growth factor receptor''' (TrkA) is a tyrosine kinase receptor. TrkA ligand - nerve growth factor activates the receptor by stabilizing homodimer formation which initiates transautophosphorylation<ref>PMID:9759973</ref>.
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'''High affinity nerve growth factor receptor''' (TrkA) is a tyrosine kinase receptor. TrkA ligand - nerve growth factor activates the receptor by stabilizing homodimer formation which initiates transautophosphorylation<ref> name="TrkA">PMID:9759973</ref>.
== Disease ==
== Disease ==
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== Relevance ==
== Relevance ==
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TrkA has a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and its inhibitors are studied in the development of novel therapeutics for the disease<ref>PMID:9759973</ref>.
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TrkA has a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and its inhibitors are studied in the development of novel therapeutics for the disease<ref name="TrkA"/>.
== Structural highlights ==
== Structural highlights ==

Revision as of 07:27, 27 December 2018

Glycosylated human TrkA (grey and green) complex with nerve growth factor (yellow and pink) (PDB code 2ifg)

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3D structures of high affinity nerve growth factor receptor

Updated on 27-December-2018

References

  1. name="TrkA">PMID:9759973
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named TrkA
  3. Wehrman T, He X, Raab B, Dukipatti A, Blau H, Garcia KC. Structural and mechanistic insights into nerve growth factor interactions with the TrkA and p75 receptors. Neuron. 2007 Jan 4;53(1):25-38. PMID:17196528 doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2006.09.034
  4. Wiesmann C, Ultsch MH, Bass SH, de Vos AM. Crystal structure of nerve growth factor in complex with the ligand-binding domain of the TrkA receptor. Nature. 1999 Sep 9;401(6749):184-8. PMID:10490030 doi:10.1038/43705

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