Abstract
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are known to be involved in most cellular functions, and a detailed knowledge of such interactions is essential for studying their role in normal and pathological conditions. Significant progress is being made in the identification of PPIs through advances in computational methods. In particular, the AlphaFold2 machine learning-based model has been shown to accelerate drug discovery process by predicting the 3D structure of protein complexes. In this chapter, a straightforward protocol for predicting interprotein interactions between PAR-3 and its protein partner adapter molecule crk is provided. Such artificial intelligence-based and publicly available approaches can provide a resource for further investigation of therapeutic drug targets.
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D’Amico, F. (2024). Contribution of Artificial Intelligence to the Identification of Protein-Protein Interactions: A Case Study on PAR-3 and Its Partner Adapter Molecule Crk. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/7651_2024_530
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