Chapter 4. Computational Methods to Predict Protein Interaction Partners

 

Alfonso Valencia & Florencio Pazos

 

Introduction

 

Computational Methods vs. Experimental Techniques

          Interplay between experimental and computational methods

          Performance comparison

 

Computational methods based on sequence and genomic information

          Phylogenetic profiling

          Similarity of phylogenetic trees

          Conservation of gene neighboring

          Gene fusion

Other methods based on sequence and genomic information

            (correlated mutations, domain composition, …)

 

Computational Methods based on Structural Features

 

Other Computational Methods

(synthetic lethality, similarity of expression profiles, …)

 

Discussion and Future Trends