Identification of Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) as a drug target against MRSA via interolog method of protein-protein interaction prediction (original) (raw)

European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017

Abstract

Patently, Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) lie at the core of significant biological functions and make the foundation of host-pathogen relationships. Hence, the current study is aimed to use computational biology techniques to predict host-pathogen Protein-Protein Interactions (HP-PPIs) between MRSA and Humans as potential drug targets ultimately proposing new possible inhibitors against them. As a matter of fact this study is based on the Interolog method which implies that homologous proteins retain their ability to interact. A distant homolog approach based on Interolog method was employed to speculate MRSA protein homologs in Humans using PSI-BLAST. In addition the protein interaction partners of these homologs as listed in Database of Interacting Proteins (DIP) were predicted to interact with MRSA as well. Moreover, a direct approach using BLAST was also applied so as to attain further confidence in the strategy. Consequently, the common HP-PPIs predicted by both approaches...

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