We introduce a novel approach to estimate differences in the β-aggregation potential of eukaryotic proteomes. The approach is based on a statistical analysis of the β-aggregation propensity of polypeptide segments, which is calculated by an equation derived from first principles using the physicochemical properties of the natural amino acids. Our analysis reveals a significant decreasing trend of the overall β-aggregation tendency with increasing organism complexity and longevity. A comparison with randomized proteomes shows that natural proteomes have a higher degree of polarization in both low and high β-aggregation prone sequences. The former originates from the requirement of intrinsically disordered proteins, whereas the latter originates from the necessity of proteins with a stable folded structure.
BT - Protein Science C1 - 0070 DA - 2005 Oct DO - 10.1110/ps.051473805 IS - 10 J2 - Protein Sci. LA - eng M3 - Research Article N2 -We introduce a novel approach to estimate differences in the β-aggregation potential of eukaryotic proteomes. The approach is based on a statistical analysis of the β-aggregation propensity of polypeptide segments, which is calculated by an equation derived from first principles using the physicochemical properties of the natural amino acids. Our analysis reveals a significant decreasing trend of the overall β-aggregation tendency with increasing organism complexity and longevity. A comparison with randomized proteomes shows that natural proteomes have a higher degree of polarization in both low and high β-aggregation prone sequences. The former originates from the requirement of intrinsically disordered proteins, whereas the latter originates from the necessity of proteins with a stable folded structure.
PY - 2005 SP - 2735 EP - 2740 T2 - Protein Science TI - Organism complexity anti-correlates with proteomic beta-aggregation propensity VL - 14 SN - 0961-8368 ER -