title: Structural basis of protein-protein interaction studied by NMR.
abstract: This paper describes efforts of the structural genomics project in the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) laboratory at the University of Science and Technology of China. This structural genomics project is biological-functional driven. Targets are mainly selected from two systems: proteins related with regulation of gene expression in humans and other eukaryotes, and proteins existing in the cell junction in humans. The majority of proteins selected from these two systems are related with human health and diseases, and some are potential drug targets. Twenty-five protein structures from Homo sapiens and other eukaryotes have been determined during last 5 years in this laboratory. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is highly suited to investigate molecular interactions at a close physiological condition and is particularly suited for the study of low-affinity, transient complexes. It can provide information on protein surface interaction, their complex structure, and their dynamic properties during protein recognition. Several examples are given in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China. yyshi@ustc.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yunyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Jihui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods; D011487:Protein Conformation; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping / Q000379:methods; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins