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The BioPlex network: a systematic exploration of the human interactome

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Huttlin, Edward L., Ting, Lily, Bruckner, Raphael J., Gebreab, Fana, Gygi, Melanie P., Szpyt, John, Tam, Stanley, Zarraga, Gabriela +21 more·2015·Cell

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Protein interactions form a network whose structure drives cellular function and whose organization informs biological inquiry. Using high-throughput affinity-purification mass spectrometry, we identify interacting partners for 2,594 human proteins in HEK293T cells. The resulting network (BioPlex) contains 23,744 interactions among 7,668 proteins with 86% previously undocumented. BioPlex accurately depicts known complexes, attaining 80%-100% coverage for most CORUM complexes. The network readily subdivides into communities that correspond to complexes or clusters of functionally related proteins. More generally, network architecture reflects cellular localization, biological process, and molecular function, enabling functional characterization of thousands of proteins. Network structure also reveals associations among thousands of protein domains, suggesting a basis for examining structurally related proteins. Finally, BioPlex, in combination with other approaches, can be used to reveal interactions of biological or clinical significance. For example, mutations in the membrane protein VAPB implicated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis perturb a defined community of interactors.

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  • The community detection approach was well illustrated in recent analyses of protein-protein interaction networks in yeast and human.

    “The community detection approach was well illustrated in recent analyses of protein-protein interaction networks in yeast (Dutkowski et al., 2013) and human (Huttlin et al., 2015).”

    From Mapping the multiscale structure of biological systems (2021) · cites this paper as Huttlin et al., 2015

  • In the human protein interaction study, clique percolation determined high-level protein communities, and modularity-based clustering subdivided them into more granular subsystems, resulting in a multi-layer hierarchical structure.

    “In the human study, the authors first performed clique percolation to determine high-level protein communities; subsequently, they ran modularity-based clustering to further subdivide these communities into more granular subsystems, resulting in a multi-layer hierarchical structure (Figure 3A).”

    From Mapping the multiscale structure of biological systems (2021) · cites this paper as Huttlin et al., 2015

  • Several high throughput studies using robust affinity purification-mass spectrometry methodologies revealed interaction of ABCD1 with AT2B2 and ABCD3 with AT2B2 and AT2A2.

    “several high throughput studies using robust affinity purification-mass spectrometry methodologies to elucidate protein interaction networks have revealed the interaction of ABCD1 with AT2B2 [ 167 ] and ABCD3 with AT2B2 and AT2A2 [ 168 , 169 ]”

    From Peroxisomal ABC Transporters: An Update (2021) · cites this paper as [169]

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Huttlin, E. L., Ting, L., Bruckner, R. J., Gebreab, F., Gygi, M. P., Szpyt, J., Tam, S., Zarraga, G., Colby, G., Baltier, K., Dong, R., Guarani, V., Vaites, L. P., Ordureau, A., Rad, R., Erickson, B. K., Wühr, M., Chick, J., Zhai, B., Kolippakkam, D., Mintseris, J., Obar, R. A., Harris, T., Artavanis-Tsakonas, S., Sowa, M. E., De Camilli, P., Paulo, J. A., Harper, J. W., & Gygi, S. P.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Biogen (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
  • Harper, J. Wade
  • Gygi, Steven P.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-07
Volume
162
Issue
2
Pages
425-440
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1611787727
Cited by
1,425
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 46 · 2025: 82 · 2024: 116 · 2023: 105 · 2022: 98 · 2021: 162 · 2020: 159 · 2019: 197 · 2018: 171 · 2017: 147 · 2016: 122 · 2015: 18 · 2013: 1
FWCI
66.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
  • Biogen
  • Charles A. King Trust
  • National Institutes of Health (HG006673)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U41HG006673)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K01DK098285)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R37NS036251)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Biotin and Related Studies
Keywords
BioPlex, human interactome, protein-protein interaction, protein complexes, protein domain interactions, community structure, HEK293T cells, VAPB, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
MeSH terms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Humans, Proteins, Mass Spectrometry, Protein Interaction Mapping, Proteomics, Protein Interaction Maps

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