AUTHOR=Zhao Jiawei , Lei Yu , Hong Jianwei , Zheng Cunjian , Zhang Lida TITLE=AraPPINet: An Updated Interactome for the Analysis of Hormone Signaling Crosstalk in Arabidopsis thaliana JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=10 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2019.00870 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2019.00870 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) play fundamental roles in various cellular processes. Here, we present a new version of computational interactome that contains more than 345,000 predicted PPIs involving about 51.2% of the Arabidopsis proteins. Compared to the earlier version, the updated AraPPINet displays a higher accuracy in predicting protein interactions through performance evaluation with independent datasets. In addition to the experimental verifications of the previous version, the new version has been subjected to further validation test that demonstrates its ability to discover novel PPIs involved in hormone signaling pathways. Moreover, network analysis shows that many overlapping proteins are significantly involved in the interactions which mediated the crosstalk among plant hormones. The new version of AraPPINet provides a more reliable interactome which would facilitate the understanding of crosstalk among hormone signaling pathways in plants.