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BMC Bioinformatics

Title:		The yeast kinome displays scale free topology with functional hub clusters
Author(s):		Lee RE; Megeney LA;
Address:		"Ottawa Health Research Institute, Molecular Medicine Program, Ottawa, Canada. rolee@ohri.ca"
Journal Title:		BMC Bioinformatics
Year:		2005
Volume:		20051109
Issue:
Page Number:		271 -
DOI:		10.1186/1471-2105-6-271
ISSN/ISBN:		1471-2105 (Electronic) 1471-2105 (Linking)
Abstract:		"BACKGROUND: The availability of interaction databases provides an opportunity for researchers to utilize immense amounts of data exclusively in silico. Recently there has been an emphasis on studying the global properties of biological interactions using network analysis. While this type of analysis offers a wide variety of global insights it has surprisingly not been used to examine more localized interactions based on mechanism. In as such we have particular interest in the role of key topological components in signal transduction cascades as they are vital regulators of healthy and diseased cell states. RESULTS: We have used publicly available databases and a novel software tool termed Hubview to model the interactions of a subset of the yeast interactome, specifically protein kinases and their interaction partners. Analysis of the connectivity distribution has inferred a fat-tailed degree distribution with parameters consistent with those found in other biological networks. In addition, Hubview identified a functional clustering of a large group of kinases, distributed between three separate groupings. The complexity and average degree for each of these clusters is indicative of a specialized function (cell cycle propagation, DNA repair and pheromone response) and relative age for each cluster. CONCLUSION: Using connectivity analysis on a functional subset of proteins we have evidence that reinforces the scale free topology as a model for protein network evolution. We have identified the hub components of the kinase network and observed a tendency for these kinases to cluster together on a functional basis. As such, these results suggest an inherent trend to preserve scale free characteristics at a domain based modular level within large evolvable networks"
Keywords:		Multigene Family Protein Interaction Mapping/*methods Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology/*genetics Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*metabolism;
Notes:		"MedlineLee, Robin E C Megeney, Lynn A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2005/11/15 BMC Bioinformatics. 2005 Nov 9; 6:271. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-6-271"