This framework will be built upon available open - source deep learning platforms that can be adapted to address different aspects of the cancer process as represented by JDACS4C's challenge topics: 1) understand the molecular basis of
key protein interactions; 2) develop predictive models for drug response; and 3) automate the extraction and analysis of information from millions of cancer patient records to determine optimal cancer treatment strategies.
The study, «Directed network wiring identifies
a key protein interaction in embryonic stem cell differentiation,» was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
N. Yasui et al., «Directed network wiring identifies
a key protein interaction in embryonic stem cell differentiation,» Molecular Cell, doi: 10.1016 / j.molcel.2014.05.002, 2014.
Not exact matches
Yet in a study led by Aimy Sebastian, a graduate student in the School of Natural Sciences at UC Merced who is conducting her Ph.D thesis work under Loots, identified the secreted bone
protein Sclerostin (SOST), as a
key molecule dysregulated as a result of prostate cancer - bone microenvironment
interactions.
In investigating how this spike occurred, Narula pored through dozens of published studies and noticed a discrepancy between some experimental results and the widely accepted view of the
interactions between two
key players in the sporulation network, a
protein called Spo0F and a kinase called KinA.
Detecting
protein -
protein interactions is
key to understanding both normal and abnormal functions in the cell.
Study co-author, experimentalist Peijun Zhang of the University of Pittsburgh, aided this effort by developing a technique to purify the
key proteins in the array and combine them in just the right proportions so that they assemble themselves in thin layers — allowing clearer 3 - D EM snapshots of their structural conformations and
interactions with each other.
Sander reasoned that as
proteins fold, pairs of amino acids distant from each other on the 2D string could end up adjacent in the 3D-folded
protein, providing a
key interaction that allows the
protein to hold its shape.
But in rare cases, genetic mutations may alter both
key amino acids at the same time, preserving their
interaction so that the
protein can continue to do its job.
«Researchers mapped
interactions of
key group of human
proteins, the
protein phosphatases.»
Researchers from Guillermo Montoya's team at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), in collaboration with Isabelle Vernos» Group from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), have uncovered the molecular
interaction between TACC3 and chTOG,
key proteins in forming the internal cellular framework that enables and sustains cell division.
The
key to getting a good view of the
interaction was to precisely locate optical probes on the
protein surface, he said.
By designing synthetic
proteins that can only interact with a pre-determined partner, and introducing them into cells, the team revealed a
key interaction that regulates the ability of embryonic stem cells to change into other cell types.
This resulted in over 5,000 virus - host
protein - to -
protein interactions, which the investigators narrowed down to 139
key connections that are necessary for HCV infection, involving all 10 HCV
proteins and 133
proteins in the host liver cells.
Even though transient and weak it is becoming more and more obvious that lipid
protein interactions are the
key for many regulatory processes in which specific
protein complexes have to be formed for example upon stimuli during cell signaling.
Revolutionary imaging technique reveals that a unique
protein interaction may be
key to driving the most common genetic cause of Parkinson's disease
Instead, FUS — Fused in Sarcoma's —
protein interaction region remains forever squirmy and squiggly, the study reports, performing its healthy functions by assembling into liquid - like droplets with other copies of itself and
key molecules such as RNA.
LA JOLLA — Salk Institute scientists have discovered that an
interaction between two
key proteins helps regulate and maintain the cells that produce neurons.
To understand the selection mechanism behind mutations, network - based studies were used to estimate the importance of a mutated
protein compared to non-mutated ones in signalling and
protein —
protein interaction networks.10, 11,12,13
Proteins mutated in cancer were found having a high number of interacting partners (i.e., a high degree of connectivity), which indicates high local importance.10 Mutated proteins are also often found in the centre of the network, in key global positions, as quantified by the number of shortest paths passing through them if all proteins are connected with each other (i.e., they have high betweenness centrality; hereafter called betweenness).11, 12 Mutated proteins also have high clustering coefficients, which means their neighbours are also neighbours of each other.10, 13 Moreover, neighbourhood analysis of mutated proteins have been previously successfully used to predict novel cancer - related genes.14, 15 However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has concentrated particularly on the topological importance of first neighbours of mutated proteins in cancer, and their usefulness as drug targets the
Proteins mutated in cancer were found having a high number of interacting partners (i.e., a high degree of connectivity), which indicates high local importance.10 Mutated
proteins are also often found in the centre of the network, in key global positions, as quantified by the number of shortest paths passing through them if all proteins are connected with each other (i.e., they have high betweenness centrality; hereafter called betweenness).11, 12 Mutated proteins also have high clustering coefficients, which means their neighbours are also neighbours of each other.10, 13 Moreover, neighbourhood analysis of mutated proteins have been previously successfully used to predict novel cancer - related genes.14, 15 However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has concentrated particularly on the topological importance of first neighbours of mutated proteins in cancer, and their usefulness as drug targets the
proteins are also often found in the centre of the network, in
key global positions, as quantified by the number of shortest paths passing through them if all
proteins are connected with each other (i.e., they have high betweenness centrality; hereafter called betweenness).11, 12 Mutated proteins also have high clustering coefficients, which means their neighbours are also neighbours of each other.10, 13 Moreover, neighbourhood analysis of mutated proteins have been previously successfully used to predict novel cancer - related genes.14, 15 However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has concentrated particularly on the topological importance of first neighbours of mutated proteins in cancer, and their usefulness as drug targets the
proteins are connected with each other (i.e., they have high betweenness centrality; hereafter called betweenness).11, 12 Mutated
proteins also have high clustering coefficients, which means their neighbours are also neighbours of each other.10, 13 Moreover, neighbourhood analysis of mutated proteins have been previously successfully used to predict novel cancer - related genes.14, 15 However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has concentrated particularly on the topological importance of first neighbours of mutated proteins in cancer, and their usefulness as drug targets the
proteins also have high clustering coefficients, which means their neighbours are also neighbours of each other.10, 13 Moreover, neighbourhood analysis of mutated
proteins have been previously successfully used to predict novel cancer - related genes.14, 15 However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has concentrated particularly on the topological importance of first neighbours of mutated proteins in cancer, and their usefulness as drug targets the
proteins have been previously successfully used to predict novel cancer - related genes.14, 15 However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has concentrated particularly on the topological importance of first neighbours of mutated
proteins in cancer, and their usefulness as drug targets the
proteins in cancer, and their usefulness as drug targets themselves.