Cells respond to increasing concentrations of EGF by altering the balance between EGFR phosphorylation and ubiquitination. Here the authors show that the establishment of an EGFR signaling threshold requires both a multiplicity of binding sites and cooperative binding of Cbl and Grb2 to the EGFR.
- Fabrizio Capuani
- Alexia Conte
- Andrea Ciliberto