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In-vivo Detection of Protein-protein Interactions on Micro-patterned Surfaces
Published on: March 19, 2010
Fast screening of protein surfaces using geometric invariant fingerprints
Shuangye Yin1, Elizabeth A Proctor, Alexey A Lugovskoy
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Genetics Medicine, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260, USA.
Abstract:
We develop a rapid and efficient method for the comparison of protein local surface similarities using geometric invariants (fingerprints). By combining fast fingerprint comparison with explicit alignment, we successfully screen the entire Protein Data Bank for proteins that possess local surface similarities. Our method is independent of sequence and fold similarities, and has potential application to protein structure annotation and protein-protein interface design.

