Promiscuity as a functional trait: Intrinsically disordered regions as central players of interactomes

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 454, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-369

  Cumberworth, Alexander ^a   Lamour, Guillaume ^a   Babu, M Madan ^b   Gsponer, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interactome; Intrinsically disordered; Low complexity region; Molecular recognition feature; Small linear motif

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; HUMANS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883419186     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20130545     Document Type: Review

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