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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Aug 5;1818(4):995–1005. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.07.044

Table 1.

A list of characterized pathogenic RTK mutations, and the underlying physical-chemical cause for the pathologies. All RTKs are human, unless stated otherwise.

RTK Mutations Location Phenotype Cause for pathology
FGFR1 P252R Extracellular domain Pfeiffer syndrome Increased ligand binding (145).
FGFR1 Y372C Extracellular domain Osteoglophonic dysplasia Increased dimerization (103).
FGFR2 S252W, P253R Extracellular domain Apert syndrome Increased ligand binding (146).
FGFR2 D321A Extracellular domain Pfeiffer syndrome Increased ligand binding (146).
FGFR2 C278F, C342Y, Extracellular domain Crouzon syndrome and Pfeiffer Syndrome Increased dimerization (22).
FGFR2 W290G, S354C, Y340H C342Y Extracellular domain Crouzon syndrome Increased dimerization (22;147).
FGFR2 T341P Extracellular domain Pfeiffer syndrome Increased dimerization (22).
FGFR3 R248C, S249C Extracellular domain Thanatophoric dysplasia type I Increased dimerization (148).
FGFR3 P250R Extracellular domain Muenke syndrome Increased ligand binding (145).
FGFR3 G370C, S371C, Y373C Transmembrane domain Thanatophoric dysplasia type I Increased dimerization(148;149).
FGFR3 G375C Transmembrane domain Achondroplasia Increased dimerization (149).
FGFR3 G380R Transmembrane domain Achondroplasia Structural change (14).
FGFR3 A391E Transmembrane domain Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans Increased dimerization (15).
FGFR3 K650E Kinase domain Thanatophoric dysplasia type 2 Structural change in the kinase domain (150).
FGFR4 Y367C Extracellular domain Breast cancer Increased dimerization (151).
EGFR EGFRvIII. 6-273 deletion Extracellular domain Glioblastoma Structural change (152).
EGFR T263P, A289V, P596L, G598V Extracellular domain Glioblastoma Increased dimerization (153).
EGFR G719S Kinase domain Non-small-cell lung carcinoma Structural change in the kinase domain (154).
EGFR L858R Kinase domain Non-small-cell lung carcinoma Structural change in the kinase domain and increased ligand binding (9;155).
EGFR 752–759 deletion and L861Q Kinase domain Non-small-cell lung carcinoma Structural change in the kinase domain (155).
EGFR 959–1030 deletion C-terminal tail Glioblastoma Structural change in the kinase domain (156).
ErbB2 (Rat) V664E Transmembrane domain Oncogenic in rat Increased dimerization (16).
KIT 417–419 deletion and T417I Extracellular domain Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Increased dimerization (157).
KIT V559D Juxtamembrane domain Gastrointestinal stromal tumor Structural change in the juxtamembrane domain (158) (159).
KIT V560G Juxtamembrane domain Mastocytosis Increased dimerization (158;160).
KIT (Murine) KΔ27.547–555 deletion and D560K Juxtamembrane domain Mastocytoma Increased dimerization (161).
KIT D816V Kinase domain Mastocytosis Structural change and increased dimerization (under debate) (162164).
PDGFRA V561D Juxtamembrane domain Gastrointestinal stromal tumors Increased dimerization (165).
PDGFRA D842V Kinase domain Gastrointestinal stromal tumors Increased dimerization (165).