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Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions Between Human Host and Two Mycobacterial Organisms

Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions Between Human Host and Two Mycobacterial Organisms

Oruganty Krishnadev, Shveta Bisht, Narayanaswamy Srinivasan
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 1947-9115|EISSN: 1947-9123|ISSN: 1947-9115|EISBN13: 9781616929923|EISSN: 1947-9123|DOI: 10.4018/jkdb.2010100201
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Krishnadev, Oruganty, et al. "Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions Between Human Host and Two Mycobacterial Organisms." IJKDB vol.1, no.1 2010: pp.1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkdb.2010100201

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Krishnadev, O., Bisht, S., & Srinivasan, N. (2010). Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions Between Human Host and Two Mycobacterial Organisms. International Journal of Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics (IJKDB), 1(1), 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkdb.2010100201

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Krishnadev, Oruganty, Shveta Bisht, and Narayanaswamy Srinivasan. "Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions Between Human Host and Two Mycobacterial Organisms," International Journal of Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics (IJKDB) 1, no.1: 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/jkdb.2010100201

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Abstract

The genomes of many human pathogens have been sequenced but the protein-protein interactions across a pathogen and human are still poorly understood. The authors apply a simple homology-based method to predict protein-protein interactions between human host and two mycobacterial organisms viz., M.tuberculosis and M.leprae. They focused on secreted proteins of pathogens and cellular membrane proteins to restrict to uncovering biologically significant and feasible interactions. Predicted interactions include five mycobacterial proteins of yet unknown function, thus suggesting a role for these proteins in pathogenesis. The authors predict interaction partners for secreted mycobacterial antigens such as MPT70, serine proteases and other proteins interacting with human proteins, such as toll-like receptors, ras signalling proteins and immune maintenance proteins, that are implicated in pathogenesis. These results suggest that the list of predicted interactions is suitable for further analysis and forms a useful step in the understanding of pathogenesis of these mycobacterial organisms.

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