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ArticleMolecular systems biology2023

Protein complexes in cells by AI-assisted structural proteomics.

Francis J O'Reilly, Andrea Graziadei, Christian Forbrig, Rica Bremenkamp, Kristine Charles, Swantje Lenz, Christoph Elfmann, Lutz Fischer, Jörg Stülke, Juri Rappsilber

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Article in Molecular systems biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Francis J O'Reilly *Chair of Bioanalytics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Andrea Graziadei *Chair of Bioanalytics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7709-6002
Christian Forbrig *Chair of Bioanalytics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3624-5440
Rica Bremenkamp *Department of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0057-3410
Kristine CharlesChair of Bioanalytics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1291-2627
Swantje LenzChair of Bioanalytics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8839-5371
Christoph ElfmannDepartment of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7872-8232
Lutz FischerChair of Bioanalytics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4978-0864
Jörg StülkeDepartment of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5881-5390
Juri RappsilberChair of Bioanalytics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5999-1310

Funding

Discovery of novel protein complexes across human gut bacteriaZIABC012113 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI O'REILLY, FRANCIS · 2022 to 2025
$3.4M
Wellcome Trust 203149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurately modeling the structures of proteins and their complexes using artificial intelligence is revolutionizing molecular biology. Experimental data enable a candidate-based approach to systematically model novel protein assemblies. Here, we use a combination of in-cell crosslinking mass spectrometry and co-fractionation mass spectrometry (CoFrac-MS) to identify protein-protein interactions in the model Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. We show that crosslinking interactions prior to cell lysis reveals protein interactions that are often lost upon cell lysis. We predict the structures of these protein interactions and others in the SubtiWiki database with AlphaFold-Multimer and, after controlling for the false-positive rate of the predictions, we propose novel structural models of 153 dimeric and 14 trimeric protein assemblies. Crosslinking MS data independently validates the AlphaFold predictions and scoring. We report and validate novel interactors of central cellular machineries that include the ribosome, RNA polymerase, and pyruvate dehydrogenase, assigning function to several uncharacterized proteins. Our approach uncovers protein-protein interactions inside intact cells, provides structural insight into their interaction interfaces, and is applicable to genetically intractable organisms, including pathogenic bacteria.

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Artificial IntelligenceProteomicsMass SpectrometryMolecular BiologyProteinsProteinsAlphaFold-Multimercrosslinking mass spectrometryprotein-protein interactionspyruvate dehydrogenaseuncharacterized proteins

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PMID36815589
PMCPMC10090944

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