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ArticleeLife2024

Structural assembly of the bacterial essential interactome.

Jordi Gómez Borrego, Marc Torrent Burgas

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Article in eLife, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rapid Proteome-Wide Discovery of Protein-Protein Interactions With ppIRIS.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jordi Gómez BorregoSystems Biology of Infection Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biosciences Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1963-5455
Marc Torrent BurgasSystems Biology of Infection Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biosciences Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6567-3474

Funding

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases ESCMID2022Generalitat de Catalunya Joan Oró Fellowship 2023 FI-100278Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PDC2021-121544-I00Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2020-114627RB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of protein interactions in living organisms is fundamental for understanding biological processes and central metabolic pathways. Yet, our knowledge of the bacterial interactome remains limited. Here, we combined gene deletion mutant analysis with deep-learning protein folding using AlphaFold2 to predict the core bacterial essential interactome. We predicted and modeled 1402 interactions between essential proteins in bacteria and generated 146 high-accuracy models. Our analysis reveals previously unknown details about the assembly mechanisms of these complexes, highlighting the importance of specific structural features in their stability and function. Our work provides a framework for predicting the essential interactomes of bacteria and highlight the potential of deep-learning algorithms in advancing our understanding of the complex biology of living organisms. Also, the results presented here offer a promising approach to identify novel antibiotic targets.

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Computational BiologyProtein Interaction MappingBacteriaMetabolic Networks and PathwaysProteinsProteinsAlphaFoldbacteriaB. subtiliscomputational biologyE. coliinteractomesystems biology

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PMID38226900
PMCPMC10863985

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