Herpesviral protein networks and their interaction with the human proteome

P Uetz, Y A Dong, C Zeretzke, C Atzler, A Baiker, B Berger, S V Rajagopala, M Roupelieva, E Fossum, J Haas

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Abstract

The comprehensive yeast two-hybrid analysis of intraviral protein interactions in two members of the herpesvirus family, Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV), revealed 123 and 173 interactions, respectively. Viral protein interaction networks resemble single, highly coupled modules, whereas cellular networks are organized in separate functional submodules. Predicted and experimentally verified interactions between KSHV and human proteins were used to connect the viral interactome into a prototypical human interactome and to simulate infection. The analysis of the combined system showed that the viral network adopts cellular network features and that protein networks of herpesviruses and possibly other intracellular pathogens have distinguishing topologies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-242
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume311
Issue number5758
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Jan 2006

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