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STRUCTURE OF KIT RECEPTOR<br />
(STEM CELL FACTOR, SCF, RECEPTOR)<br />
* receptor tyros<strong>in</strong>e k<strong>in</strong>ase;<br />
* extracellular doma<strong>in</strong> b<strong>in</strong>ds<br />
ligand = stem cell factor<br />
(SCF);<br />
* <strong>in</strong>tracellular doma<strong>in</strong>:<br />
- 2 tyros<strong>in</strong>e k<strong>in</strong>ase doma<strong>in</strong>s;<br />
- multiple auto -<br />
phosphorylation sites<br />
Taylor and Metcalfe, Hematol Oncol Cl<strong>in</strong> North Am 2000; 14: 517<br />
− SCF b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g site<br />
− 5 IgG doma<strong>in</strong>s<br />
cell membrane<br />
tyros<strong>in</strong>e k<strong>in</strong>ase<br />
doma<strong>in</strong>s