Long-range contacts in protein structures were demonstrated to be predictive of different physiological properties of hemoglobin and albumin proteins. Complex networks based approach was demonstrated to highlight basic principles of protein folding and activity. The presence of a natural scaling region ending at an approximate threshold of 120-150 residues shared by proteins of different size and quaternary structure was highlighted. This threshold is reminiscent of the typical size for a macromolecule to have a binding site sensible to environmental regulation.

Structural and functional analysis of hemoglobin and serum albumin through protein long-range interaction networks

Di Paola L;
2012-01-01

Abstract

Long-range contacts in protein structures were demonstrated to be predictive of different physiological properties of hemoglobin and albumin proteins. Complex networks based approach was demonstrated to highlight basic principles of protein folding and activity. The presence of a natural scaling region ending at an approximate threshold of 120-150 residues shared by proteins of different size and quaternary structure was highlighted. This threshold is reminiscent of the typical size for a macromolecule to have a binding site sensible to environmental regulation.
2012
Albumin, Allosteric effect, Assortativity, Bioinformatics, Computational biochemistry, Contact order, DBA, Degree based assortativity, Graph theory, Long-range interaction networks, Long-range order, Protein contact network, Structural biology, Topologica
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