Fwd: Abstract for Structural Genomics Conference in Israel

Abstract for "ISCG2015: Deep Sequencing Meets Structural Biology,"
Weizmann Institute, on June 7th-11th, 2015

Title: Analysis of Protein Networks

Protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks may be studied through the
lens of both 3-dimensional protein structures as well as the
large-scale genome variation data being generated as part of
next-generation sequencing initiatives. In terms of protein structural
data, I will describe how mapping the structures of protein complexes
onto PPI networks enables the classification of hubs into two distinct
types: multi- and singlish-interface. These two categories exhibit
very distinct properties, especially in terms of the well-known
preferential attachment model of network growth. Secondly, I will
discuss how the integration of alternative conformations with PPI
networks further highlights interesting disparities, with the
permanent multi-interface hubs tending to exhibit a greater degree of
conformational plasticity relative to singlish-interface hubs. In
addition, I will briefly discuss how alternative conformations are
being culled from the PDB to study the significance of sequence
variation in the context of allosteric behavior. I will then discuss
the some of the insights gained by integrating variation data with
these networks (especially when using population-scale sequencing data
from the 1000 Genomes Project). Several well-known results are
recapitulated using this data: greater network centralityis associated
with a greater degree of negative selection, and the proclivity of the
network tends to be under positive selection. Finally, I will show how
this type of data further illuminates aspects of the intricacies of
protein structures and motions.

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