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In Silico Characterization Of Protein-Protein Interactions Mediated By Short Linear Motifs, Heidy Elkhaligy Jun 2022

In Silico Characterization Of Protein-Protein Interactions Mediated By Short Linear Motifs, Heidy Elkhaligy

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Short linear motifs (SLiMs), often found in intrinsically disordered regions (IDPs), can initiate protein-protein interactions in eukaryotes. Although pathogens tend to have less disorder than eukaryotes, their proteins alter host cellular function through molecular mimicry of SLiMs. The first objective was to study sequence-based structure properties of viral SLiMs in the ELM database and the conservation of selected viral motifs involved in the virus life cycle. The second objective was to compare the structural features for SliMs in pathogens and eukaryotes in the ELM database. Our analysis showed that many viral SliMs are not found in IDPs, particularly glycosylation motifs. …