Interolog

An interolog is a conserved interaction between a pair of proteins which have interacting homologs in another organism. The term was introduced in a 2000 paper by Walhout et al.{{Cite journal | last1 = Walhout | first1 = A. J. | last2 = Sordella | first2 = R. | last3 = Lu | first3 = X. | last4 = Hartley | first4 = J. L. | last5 = Temple | first5 = G. F. | last6 = Brasch | first6 = M. A. | last7 = Thierry-Mieg | first7 = N. | last8 = Vidal | first8 = M. | doi = 10.1126/science.287.5450.116 | title = Protein Interaction Mapping in C. Elegans Using Proteins Involved in Vulval Development | journal = Science | volume = 287 | issue = 5450 | pages = 116–122 | year = 2000 | pmid = 10615043| bibcode = 2000Sci...287..116W }}{{Cite journal | doi=10.1101/gr.1774904| pmid=15173116| pmc=419789| title=Annotation Transfer Between Genomes: Protein-Protein Interologs and Protein-DNA Regulogs| journal=Genome Research| volume=14| issue=6| pages=1107–1118| year=2004| last1=Yu| first1=H.| last2=Luscombe| first2=N. M.| last3=Lu| first3=H. X.| last4=Zhu| first4=X.| last5=Xia| first5=Y.| last6=Han| first6=J. D.| last7=Bertin| first7=N.| last8=Chung| first8=S.| last9=Vidal| first9=M.| last10=Gerstein| first10=M.}}

Example

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Suppose that A and B are two different interacting human proteins, and A' and B' are two different interacting dog proteins. Then the interaction between A and B is an interolog of the interaction between A' and B' if the following conditions all hold:

  • A is a homolog of A'. (Protein homologs have similar amino acid sequences and derive from a common ancestral sequence).
  • B is a homolog of B'.
  • A and B interact.
  • A' and B' interact.

Thus, interologs are homologous pairs of protein interactions across different organisms.

See also

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