Molecular basis for protein-protein interactions

Beilstein J Org Chem. 2021 Jan 4:17:1-10. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.17.1. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

This minireview provides an overview on the current knowledge of protein-protein interactions, common characterisation methods to characterise them, and their role in protein complex formation with some examples. A deep understanding of protein-protein interactions and their molecular interactions is important for a number of applications, including drug design. Protein-protein interactions and their discovery are thus an interesting avenue for understanding how protein complexes, which make up the majority of proteins, work.

Keywords: characterisation methods; heterooligomeric complex; homooligomeric complex; molecular interactions; protein–protein interactions.

Publication types

  • Review

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Exploration Grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and by the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter“ of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)–EXC 2056–project ID 390715994.