Ab initio protein modelling reveals novel human MIT domains

作者：Rigden Daniel J^*; Liu Han; Hayes Sebastian D; Urbe Sylvie; Clague Michael J

来源：FEBS Letters, 2009, 583(5): 872-878.

DOI：10.1016/j.febslet.2009.02.012

• Microtubule interacting and transport
• Charged multivesicular body protein
• Database searching
• Profile-profile matching
• Ab initio protein structure modelling

Database searches can fail to detect all truly homologous sequences, particularly when dealing with short, highly sequence diverse protein families. Here, using microtubule interacting and transport (MIT) domains as an example, we have applied an approach of profile-profile matching followed by ab initio structure modelling to the detection of true homologues in the borderline significant zone of database searches. Novel MIT domains were con. dently identified in USP54, containing an apparently inactive ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase domain, a katanin-like ATPase KAT-NAL1, and an uncharacterized protein containing a VPS9 domain. As a proof of principle, we have confirmed the novel MIT annotation for USP54 by in vitro pro. ling of binding to CHMP proteins.

• 出版日期2009-3-4