Recent advances in predicting protein-protein interactions with the aid of artificial intelligence algorithms.

Journal: Current opinion in structural biology
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Abstract

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are essential in the regulation of biological functions and cell events, therefore understanding PPIs have become a key issue to understanding the molecular mechanism and investigating the design of drugs. Here we highlight the major developments in computational methods developed for predicting PPIs by using types of artificial intelligence algorithms. The first part introduces the source of experimental PPI data. The second part is devoted to the PPI prediction methods based on sequential information. The third part covers representative methods using structural information as the input feature. The last part is methods designed by combining different types of features. For each part, the state-of-the-art computational PPI prediction methods are reviewed in an inclusive view. Finally, we discuss the flaws existing in this area and future directions of next-generation algorithms.

Authors

  • Shiwei Li
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu Sichuan, 610041, P.R.China.
  • Sanan Wu
    Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
  • Lin Wang
    Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
  • Fenglei Li
    Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China; School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
  • Hualiang Jiang
    Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China ; School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
  • Fang Bai
    Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, China.