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ArticleNature communications2016

Pairwise detection of site-specific receptor phosphorylations using single-molecule blotting.

Kyung Lock Kim, Daehyung Kim, Seongsil Lee, Su-Jeong Kim, Jung Eun Noh, Joung-Hun Kim, Young Chan Chae, Jong-Bong Lee, Sung Ho Ryu

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyung Lock KimDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Daehyung KimDepartment of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Seongsil LeeSchool of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Su-Jeong KimDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Jung Eun NohDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Joung-Hun KimDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Young Chan ChaeDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Jong-Bong LeeDepartment of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Sung Ho RyuDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
Pohang University of Science and Technology · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) at the plasma membrane (PM) determine the signal transduction efficacy alone and in combination. However, current approaches to identify PTMs provide ensemble results, inherently overlooking combinatorial PTMs in a single polypeptide molecule. Here, we describe a single-molecule blotting (SiMBlot) assay that combines biotinylation of cell surface receptors with single-molecule fluorescence microscopy. This method enables quantitative measurement of the phosphorylation status of individual membrane receptor molecules and colocalization analysis of multiple immunofluorescence signals to directly visualize pairwise site-specific phosphorylation patterns at the single-molecule level. Strikingly, application of SiMBlot to study ligand-dependent epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) phosphorylation, which is widely thought to be multi-phosphorylated, reveals that EGFR on cell membranes is hardly multi-phosphorylated, unlike in vitro autophosphorylated EGFR. Therefore, we expect SiMBlot to aid understanding of vast combinatorial PTM patterns, which are concealed in ensemble methods, and to broaden knowledge of RTK signaling.

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Biological AssayCell LineCell MembraneEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsHumansMembrane ProteinsPeptidesPhosphorylationPhosphotyrosineReceptors, Cell SurfaceRecombinant ProteinsEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsMembrane ProteinsPeptidesPhosphotyrosineReceptors, Cell SurfaceRecombinant Proteins

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PMID27009355
PMCPMC4820850
OpenAlexW2321491895

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