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ReviewChemical reviews2024

Computational Approaches to Predict Protein-Protein Interactions in Crowded Cellular Environments.

Greta Grassmann, Mattia Miotto, Fausta Desantis, Lorenzo Di Rienzo, Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, Annalisa Pastore, Giancarlo Ruocco, Michele Monti, Edoardo Milanetti

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Bridging Scales: Coarse-Grained Protein Models in Computational Biology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  18. Interactomics: Dissecting Protein Networks in Living Systems.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Greta GrassmannDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "Alessandro Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00185, Italy.
Mattia MiottoCenter for Life Nano & Neuro Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0043-8921
Fausta DesantisCenter for Life Nano & Neuro Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy.
Lorenzo Di RienzoCenter for Life Nano & Neuro Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy.
Gian Gaetano TartagliaCenter for Life Nano & Neuro Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7524-6310
Annalisa PastoreExperiment Division, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38043, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3047-654X
Giancarlo RuoccoCenter for Life Nano & Neuro Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy.
Michele MontiRNA System Biology Lab, Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa 16163, Italy.
Edoardo MilanettiCenter for Life Nano & Neuro Science, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3046-5170

Funding

HORIZON EUROPE 855923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Investigating protein-protein interactions is crucial for understanding cellular biological processes because proteins often function within molecular complexes rather than in isolation. While experimental and computational methods have provided valuable insights into these interactions, they often overlook a critical factor: the crowded cellular environment. This environment significantly impacts protein behavior, including structural stability, diffusion, and ultimately the nature of binding. In this review, we discuss theoretical and computational approaches that allow the modeling of biological systems to guide and complement experiments and can thus significantly advance the investigation, and possibly the predictions, of protein-protein interactions in the crowded environment of cell cytoplasm. We explore topics such as statistical mechanics for lattice simulations, hydrodynamic interactions, diffusion processes in high-viscosity environments, and several methods based on molecular dynamics simulations. By synergistically leveraging methods from biophysics and computational biology, we review the state of the art of computational methods to study the impact of molecular crowding on protein-protein interactions and discuss its potential revolutionizing effects on the characterization of the human interactome.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationProteinsBiophysical PhenomenaCell CommunicationHumansProteins

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PMCPMC11009965

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