Protein-protein interaction network of E. coli K-12 has significant high-dimensional cavities : new insights from algebraic topological studies

© 2022 The Authors. FEBS Open Bio published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies..

As a model system, Escherichia coli has been used to study various life processes. A dramatic paradigm shift has occurred in recent years, with the study of single proteins moving toward the study of dynamically interacting proteins, especially protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks. However, despite the importance of PPI networks, little is known about the intrinsic nature of the network structure, especially high-dimensional topological properties. By introducing general hypergeometric distribution, we reconstruct a statistically reliable combined PPI network of E. coli (E. coli-PPI-Network) from several datasets. Unlike traditional graph analysis, algebraic topology was introduced to analyze the topological structures of the E. coli-PPI-Network, including high-dimensional cavities and cycles. Random networks with the same node and edge number (RandomNet) or scale-free networks with the same degree distribution (RandomNet-SameDD) were produced as controls. We discovered that the E. coli-PPI-Network had special algebraic typological structures, exhibiting more high-dimensional cavities and cycles, compared to RandomNets or, importantly, RandomNet-SameDD. Based on these results, we defined degree of involved q-dimensional cycles of proteins (q-DCprotein ) in the network, a novel concept that relies on the integral structure of the network and is different from traditional node degree or hubs. Finally, top proteins ranked by their 1-DCprotein were identified (such as gmhB, rpoA, rplB, rpsF and yfgB). In conclusion, by introducing mathematical and computer technologies, we discovered novel algebraic topological properties of the E. coli-PPI-Network, which has special high-dimensional cavities and cycles, and thereby revealed certain intrinsic rules of information flow underlining bacteria biology.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

FEBS open bio - 12(2022), 7 vom: 21. Juli, Seite 1406-1418

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xue, Xiao-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Xing-Gang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Betti number
Complex system
Drug resistance
Higher-order interactions
Journal Article
Network Science
Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Simplex

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Date Completed 06.07.2022

Date Revised 15.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/2211-5463.13437

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34083949X