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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2011

Mechanistic principles of RAF kinase signaling.

Christian M Udell, Thanashan Rajakulendran, Frank Sicheri, Marc Therrien

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Targeting the MAPK Pathway in RAS Mutant Cancers.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Christian M UdellLaboratory of Intracellular Signaling, Département de pathologie et de biologie cellulaire, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.
Thanashan Rajakulendran
Frank Sicheri
Marc Therrien
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer · CALunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RAF family of kinases are key components acting downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases and cells employ several distinct mechanisms to strictly control their activity. RAF transitions from an inactive state, where the N-terminal regulatory region binds intramolecularly to the C-terminal kinase domain, to an open state capable of executing the phosphoryl transfer reaction. This transition involves changes both within and between the protein domains in RAF. Many different proteins regulate the transition between inactive and active states of RAF, including RAS and KSR, which are arguably the two most prominent regulators of RAF function. Recent developments have added several new twists to our understanding of RAF regulation. Among others, dimerization of the RAF kinase domain is emerging as a crucial step in the RAF activation process. The multitude of regulatory protein-protein interactions involving RAF remains a largely untapped area for therapeutic applications.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAllosteric RegulationAnimalsHumansProtein KinasesProtein Structure, Tertiaryraf KinasesKSR-1 protein kinaseProtein Kinasesraf Kinases

Identifiers

PMID20820846
PMCPMC11114552
OpenAlexW2021563552

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