Computational Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions in Motile T-Cells

Methods Mol Biol. 2019:1930:149-156. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9036-8_18.

Abstract

Analysis of protein-protein interactions is important for better understanding of molecular mechanisms involved in immune regulation and has potential for elaborating avenues for drug discovery targeting T-cell motility. Currently, only a small fraction of protein-protein interactions have been characterized in T-lymphocytes although there are several detection methods available. In this regard, computational approaches garner importance, with the continued explosion of genomic and proteomic data, for handling protein modeling and protein-protein interactions in large scale. Here, we describe a computational method to identify protein-protein interactions based on in silico protein design.

Keywords: Docking; Molecular dynamics simulation; Protein modeling; Protein–protein interactions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Movement*
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta / chemistry
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Receptor, Notch1 / chemistry
  • Receptor, Notch1 / metabolism
  • T-Lymphocytes / cytology
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism*

Substances

  • NOTCH1 protein, human
  • Receptor, Notch1
  • GSK3B protein, human
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta