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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Mortality attributable to infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has now overtaken the death rate for AIDS in the United States, and advances in research are urgently needed to address this challenge. We report the results of the systematic identification of protein-protein interactions for the hospital-acquired strain MRSA-252. Using a high-throughput pull-down strategy combined with quantitative proteomics to distinguish specific from nonspecific interactors, we identified 13,219 interactions involving 608 MRSA proteins. Consecutive analyses revealed that this protein interaction network (PIN) exhibits scale-free organization with the characteristic presence of highly connected hub proteins. When clinical and experimental antimicrobial targets were queried in the network, they were generally found to occupy peripheral positions in the PIN with relatively few interacting partners. In contrast, the hub proteins identified in this MRSA PIN that are essential for network integrity and stability have largely been overlooked as drug targets. Thus, this empirical MRSA-252 PIN provides a rich source for identifying critical proteins essential for network stability, many of which can be considered as prospective antimicrobial drug targets.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1535-3907
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1139-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Mapping the protein interaction network in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. artc@interchange.ubc.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't