Genome-wide Functional Annotation of Dual-Specificity Protein- and Lipid-Binding Modules that Regulate Protein Interactions

Autor: Ren Sheng, Antonina Silkov, Yong Chen, Wonhwa Cho, Morten Källberg, Svetlana Kurilova, Barry Honig, Nitin Bhardwaj, Randy A. Hall, Moe P. Tun, Hui Lu
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Molecular Cell. 46:226-237
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.02.012
Popis: Emerging evidence indicates that membrane lipids regulate protein networking by directly interacting with protein-interaction domains (PIDs). As a pilot study to identify and functionally annodate lipid-binding PIDs on a genomic scale, we performed experimental and computational studies of PDZ domains. Characterization of 70 PDZ domains showed that ~40% had submicromolar membrane affinity. Using a computational model built from these data, we predicted the membrane-binding properties of 2,000 PDZ domains from 20 species. The accuracy of the prediction was experimentally validated for 26 PDZ domains. We also subdivided lipid-binding PDZ domains into three classes based on the interplay between membrane- and protein-binding sites. For different classes of PDZ domains, lipid binding regulates their protein interactions by different mechanisms. Functional studies of a PDZ domain protein, rhophilin 2, suggest that all classes of lipid-binding PDZ domains serve as genuine dual-specificity modules regulating protein interactions at the membrane under physiological conditions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE