GWYRE: A Resource for Mapping Variants onto Experimental and Modeled Structures of Human Protein Complexes

Area of Science:

• Structural biology
• Bioinformatics
• Genomics

Background:

• Protein structure and interaction modeling is rapidly advancing.
• Increasing availability of structural data from protein interaction databases and the Protein Data Bank fuels progress.
• Understanding physical principles of protein structure and function is crucial for accurate modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

• To advance and apply powerful modeling methodologies for protein-protein interactions and genetic variation.
• To develop a comprehensive public resource for structural characterization of the human interactome.
• To facilitate understanding of protein interaction principles and structure/function relationships.

Main Methods:

• Integrating knowledge-based tertiary structure prediction (Phyre2).
• Utilizing template-based docking for quaternary structure prediction via full-structure alignment.
• Generating models for binary protein complexes.

Main Results:

• Development of the GWYRE (Genome Wide PhYRE) resource.
• Incorporation of predictions into a public resource for human interactome and genetic variant structural characterization.
• Creation of models for binary protein complexes.

Conclusions:

• The GWYRE resource enhances the understanding of protein interaction principles.
• It aids in comprehending protein structure/function relationships.
• The resource is publicly available at http://www.gwyre.org for broader scientific use.