Pandjassarame Kangueane

Christina Nilofer

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Principles of Protein-Protein Interaction

Protein-Protein and Domain-Domain Interactions

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Protein-protein interfaces are vdW dominant with selective H-bonds and (or) electrostatics towards broad functional specificity

The homodimers have essential role in catalysis and regulation. The homodimer folding mechanism through 2-state without stable intermediate (2S), 3-state with monomer intermediate (3SMI) and 3-state with dimer intermediate (3SDI) is fascinating. 23MI and 3SDI constitute 3-state (3S). Hence, it is important to differentiate 2S, 3SMI and 3SDI homodimers using structural features. We used the dataset of Li et al. [L. Li, K. Gunasekaran, J.G. Gan, C. Zhanhua, P. Shapshak, M.K. Sakharkar, P. Kangueane, Structural features differentiate the mechanisms between 2S and 3S folding of homodimers, Bioinformation 1 (2005) 42-49] consisting of twenty-five 2S, ten 3SMI and six 3SDI homodimer structures for the study. Interface to total (I/T) residues ratio is large for 2S than 3SMI and 3SDI. Interface to total residues ratio is similar for 3SMI (mean monomer length (ML) = 208) and 3SDI (mean monomer length (ML) = 404) despite difference in mean monomer size. Interface residues correlate with monomer size in 2S (Pearson's correlation coefficient (r); r2 = 0.41) and 3SMI (r2 = 0.52). This is not true for 3SDI with interface residues and monomer length (r2 = 0.17). Interface area (B/2) does not correlate with interface residues (r2 &lt; 0.001) and monomer size (r2 = 0.023) in 2S. This is despite a relationship with interface residues and monomer size (r2 = 0.41) in 2S. However, this is not true for 3SMI (r2 = 0.61 with interface residues and r2 = 0.25 with monomer size). In 3SDI, a different relationship is seen (r2 = 0.28 with interface residues and r2 = 0.09 with size). The mean hydrophobicity factor (Hf) is 3-fold less in 3S than 2S. Hf does not correlate with interface area in 2S (r2 = 0.03) and 3SDI (r2 = 0.0). However, a weak causal relation is seen in 3SMI (r2 = 0.23). Hydrophilic amino acid residues (E, R, K, S and Q) are prominent in 2S than 3S. Charged negative amino acid residues (D, E) are more than positive amino acid residues (R, K, H) in 2S and charged positive amino acid residues (R, K, H) are more than negative amino acid residues (D, E) in 3S. These features help to distinguish 2S, 3SMI and 3SDI providing insights to homodimer folding and binding. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Structural features for homodimer folding mechanism

Protein Science

Weak conservation of structural features in the interfaces of homologous transient protein-protein complexes

Insights from the structural analysis of protein heterodimer interfaces

Interaction modes at protein hetero-dimer interfaces

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