Principles of protein− protein interactions: what are the preferred ways for proteins to interact?

O Keskin, A Gursoy, B Ma, R Nussinov - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Proteins are the working horse of the cellular machinery. They are responsible for diverse
functions ranging from molecular motors to signaling. They catalyze reactions, transport …

Recent progress and future directions in protein-protein docking

DW Ritchie - Current protein and peptide science, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
This article gives an overview of recent progress in protein-protein docking and it identifies
several directions for future research. Recent results from the CAPRI blind docking …

Structural probing of a protein phosphatase 2A network by chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry

F Herzog, A Kahraman, D Boehringer, R Mak… - Science, 2012 - science.org
The identification of proximate amino acids by chemical cross-linking and mass
spectrometry (XL-MS) facilitates the structural analysis of homogeneous protein complexes …

PSD-95 is required to sustain the molecular organization of the postsynaptic density

X Chen, CD Nelson, X Li, CA Winters… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
PSD-95, a membrane-associated guanylate kinase, is the major scaffolding protein in the
excitatory postsynaptic density (PSD) and a potent regulator of synaptic strength. Here we …

Templates are available to model nearly all complexes of structurally characterized proteins

PJ Kundrotas, Z Zhu, J Janin… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Traditional approaches to protein–protein docking sample the binding modes with no regard
to similar experimentally determined structures (templates) of protein–protein complexes …

On the role of electrostatics in protein–protein interactions

Z Zhang, S Witham, E Alexov - Physical biology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The role of electrostatics in protein–protein interactions and binding is reviewed in this
paper. A brief outline of the computational modeling, in the framework of continuum …

Integrating diverse data for structure determination of macromolecular assemblies

F Alber, F Förster, D Korkin, M Topf… - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
To understand the cell, we need to determine the macromolecular assembly structures,
which may consist of tens to hundreds of components. First, we review the varied …

Protein docking using case‐based reasoning

AW Ghoorah, MD Devignes… - Proteins: Structure …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Protein docking algorithms aim to calculate the three‐dimensional (3D) structure of a protein
complex starting from its unbound components. Although ab initio docking algorithms are …

Fuzzy supertertiary interactions within PSD-95 enable ligand binding

GL Hamilton, N Saikia, S Basak, FS Welcome, F Wu… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The scaffold protein PSD-95 links postsynaptic receptors to sites of presynaptic
neurotransmitter release. Flexible linkers between folded domains in PSD-95 enable a …

Lengthening of the stargazin cytoplasmic tail increases synaptic transmission by promoting interaction to deeper domains of PSD-95

AS Hafner, AC Penn, D Grillo-Bosch, N Retailleau… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
PSD-95 is a prominent organizer of the postsynaptic density (PSD) that can present a
filamentous orientation perpendicular to the plasma membrane. Interactions between PSD …