Tyrosine phosphorylated ITAM in FCERI gamma subunit serves as docking site for SYK (spleen tyrosine kinases), whereas the beta-subunit ITAM has an extra tyrosine and is shorter than canonical ITAM which makes it unfit to bind SYK. Association of SYK to FCERI gamma-subunit disrupts the COOH-terminal-SH2 interdomain interaction of SYK causing a conformational change opening the molecule leading to its activation (Siraganian et al. 2010, de Castro et al. 2010).
Bolen, JB, Zydowsky, LD, Ram, MK, Karas, JL, Green, J, Zoller, MJ, Taylor, MK, Shiue, L, Morgenstern, JP, Green, OM
Kihara, H, Sakamoto, H, Bhattacharyya, S, Appella, E, Kimura, T, Siraganian, RP
Kihara, H, Siraganian, RP
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