Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are cell surface proteins that are essential for cellular communication and growth. They receive signals from outside the cell and relay them to the inside where they trigger responses like cell growth and division.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- cell signaling
- signal transduction
- receptors
- tyrosine
- kinase
- tyrosine kinase receptor
- RTKs
- RTK
- cellular communication
- cell growth
- cell division
- proliferation
- cellular response
- signaling molecules
- cell size
- differentiation
- migration
- epidermal growth factor
- EGF
- epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
- wound healing
- receptor binding
- cell membrane
- extracellular space
- intracellular space
- protein structure
- transmembrane domain
- ligand binding domain
- kinase domain
- phosphorylation
- tyrosine phosphorylation
- cytoplasmic tail
- signal relay
- dimerization
- dimerization arm
- adaptor protein
- relay protein
- phosphorylated cytoplasmic tail
- phosphorylation patterns
- phosphatase