作者: Z Chen , J Feng , J-S Saldivar , D Gu , A Bockholt
DOI: 10.1038/ONC.2008.71
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摘要: Doublet mutations in cancer are not well studied. We find that allelic somatic doublet present at high frequency the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase (TK) domain lung cancers. When doublets from literature added, a total of 96 available for analysis. The overall is 6%, which sevenfold greater than observed normal tissue mouse. All characterized allelic, and silent occur rarely. About half all contain one or two 12 distinct missense five amino acids: E709, G719, S768, T790 L861. these acids seldom reported as singlets. Moreover, when common L858 target included, more one-third EGFR specific pairs: G719/E709, G719/S768, G719/L861, L858/E709 L858/T790. Structure suggests function: data imply most NOT consistent with 'driver passenger' mutation mechanism. highly skewed relative to singlets, functional selection individually suboptimal that, combination, have enhanced oncogenic potential.