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Protein context shapes the specificity of domain-peptide interactions in vivo

Dionne, U.; Bourgault, E.; Dube, A. K.; Bradley, D.; Chartier, F.; Dandage, R.; Dibyachintan, S.; Despres, P. C.; Gish, G. D.; Lambert, J.-P.; Bisson, N.; Landry, C. R.

2020-06-10 systems biology
10.1101/2020.05.18.103002 bioRxiv
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) between modular binding domains and their target peptide motifs are thought to largely depend on the intrinsic binding specificities of the domains. By combining deletion, mutation, swapping and shuffling of SRC Homology 3 (SH3) domains and measuring their impact on protein interactions, we find that most SH3s do not autonomously dictate PPI specificity in vivo. The identity of the host protein and the position of the SH3 domains within their host are both critical for PPI specificity, for cellular functions and for key biophysical processes such as phase separation. Our work demonstrates the importance of the interplay between a modular PPI domain such as SH3 and its host protein in establishing specificity to wire PPI networks.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.View Full Text

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