A Pan-Cancer Catalogue of Cancer Driver Protein Interaction Interfaces.

TitleA Pan-Cancer Catalogue of Cancer Driver Protein Interaction Interfaces.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsPorta-Pardo, E, García-Alonso, L, Hrabe, T, Dopazo, J, Godzik, A
JournalPLoS Comput Biol
Volume11
Issue10
Paginatione1004518
Date Published2015 Oct
ISSN1553-7358
KeywordsAnimals; Base Sequence; Biomarkers, Tumor; Catalogs as Topic; Chromosome Mapping; Computer Simulation; DNA Mutational Analysis; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; mutation; Neoplasm Proteins; Neoplasms; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Protein Interaction Mapping; Signal Transduction
Abstract

Despite their importance in maintaining the integrity of all cellular pathways, the role of mutations on protein-protein interaction (PPI) interfaces as cancer drivers has not been systematically studied. Here we analyzed the mutation patterns of the PPI interfaces from 10,028 proteins in a pan-cancer cohort of 5,989 tumors from 23 projects of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to find interfaces enriched in somatic missense mutations. To that end we use e-Driver, an algorithm to analyze the mutation distribution of specific protein functional regions. We identified 103 PPI interfaces enriched in somatic cancer mutations. 32 of these interfaces are found in proteins coded by known cancer driver genes. The remaining 71 interfaces are found in proteins that have not been previously identified as cancer drivers even that, in most cases, there is an extensive literature suggesting they play an important role in cancer. Finally, we integrate these findings with clinical information to show how tumors apparently driven by the same gene have different behaviors, including patient outcomes, depending on which specific interfaces are mutated.

DOI10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004518
Alternate JournalPLoS Comput Biol
PubMed ID26485003
PubMed Central IDPMC4616621
Grant ListP30 CA030199 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
R01 GM101457 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
GM101457 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States