Characterization of human proteins with different subcellular localizations by topological and biological properties

Knowing the protein localization can provide valuable information resource for elucidating protein function. In recent years, with the advances of human genomics and proteomics, it is possible to characterize human proteins that are located in different subcellular localizations. In this study, we used the topological properties and biological properties to characterize human proteins with six subcellular localizations. Almost all of these properties were found to be significantly different among six protein categories. Network topology analysis indicated that several significant topological properties, including the degree and k-core, were higher for the mitochondrial proteins. Biological property analysis showed that the nuclear proteins appeared to be correlated with important biological function. We hope these findings may provide some important help for comprehensive understanding the biological function of proteins, and prediction of protein subcellular localizations in human.