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  3. Current Experimental Methods for Characterizing Protein-Protein Interactions

Current Experimental Methods for Characterizing Protein-Protein Interactions

  • ChemMedChem. 2016 Apr 19;11(8):738-56. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.201500495.
Mi Zhou 1,  Qing Li 1,  Renxiao Wang 2 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic & Natural Products Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Rd, Shanghai, 200032, People's Republic of China.
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic & Natural Products Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Rd, Shanghai, 200032, People's Republic of China. wangrx@mail.sioc.ac.cn.
  • 3 State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Macau, 999078, People's Republic of China. wangrx@mail.sioc.ac.cn.
PMID: 26864455 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201500495
Abstract

Protein molecules often interact with Other partner protein molecules in order to execute their vital functions in living organisms. Characterization of protein-protein interactions thus plays a central role in understanding the molecular mechanism of relevant protein molecules, elucidating the cellular processes and pathways relevant to health or disease for drug discovery, and charting large-scale interaction networks in systems biology research. A whole spectrum of methods, based on biophysical, biochemical, or genetic principles, have been developed to detect the time, space, and functional relevance of protein-protein interactions at various degrees of affinity and specificity. This article presents an overview of these experimental methods, outlining the principles, strengths and limitations, and recent developments of each type of method.

Keywords

biochemical methods; biophysical methods; genetic methods; protein-protein interactions.

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