Identification of hot spot residues at protein-protein interface.
Identification of hot spot residues at protein-protein interface.
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DOI:
10.6026/97320630001121
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发表时间:
2006-04-04
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1.9
通讯作者:
Kangueane P
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作者:
Li L;Zhao B;Cui Z;Gan J;Sakharkar MK;Kangueane P
It is known that binding free energy of protein-protein interaction is mainly contributed by hot spot (high energy) interface residues. Here, we investigate the characteristics of hot spots by examining inter-atomic sidechain-sidechain interactions using a dataset of 296 alanine-mutated interface residues. Results show that hot spots participate in strong and energetically favorable sidechain-sidechain interactions. Subsequently, we describe a novel, yet simple ‘hot spot’ prediction model with an accuracy that is similar to many available approaches. The model is also shown to efficiently distinguish specific protein-protein interactions from non-specific interactions.