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Transmembrane Domain Oligomerization Propensity determined by ToxR Assay
Published on: May 26, 2011
Exploration of homodimer receptor: homodimer protein interactions
Julio Vera1, Taesoo Kwon, Ulf Schmitz
1Group of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Computer Science, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany. julio.vera@uni-rostock.de
Abstract:
Homodimerisation is producing a protein?protein complex composed of two identical molecules. Dimerisation is a phenomenon often occurring in the regulation of biochemical systems like signal transduction pathways. We investigated whether the existence of a homodimer-activated receptor and the activation of homodimer transducers correspond to a more general pattern in cell signalling. We developed a workflow to merge data from the Gene Ontology and the BIND database to produce a list of interactions between homodimer receptors and homodimer proteins. Finally, we found a prevalence of homodimer-homodimer interactions in signalling systems in human cells.
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