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Comparative conservation analysis of the human mitotic phosphoproteome

Malik, Rainer and Nigg, Erich A. and Körner, Roman. (2008) Comparative conservation analysis of the human mitotic phosphoproteome. Bioinformatics, Vol. 24, H. 12. pp. 1426-1432.

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Abstract

MOTIVATION: A key challenge in phosphoproteomic studies is to distinguish functionally relevant phosphorylation sites from potentially 'silent' phosphorylation. Considering that relevant phosphorylation sites are expected to be better conserved during evolution than overall Serine, Threonine and Tyrosine (S/ T/ Y) residues, we asked whether this can be directly demonstrated through statistic analysis, using a large experimental dataset. RESULTS: Analyzing phosphoproteomic data derived from the human mitotic spindle apparatus, we found that 95.2% of 1744 phosphorylation sites are conserved in at least one of six other vertebrate species. Using a new score, termed conservation Z-score (CZ-score), we demonstrate that phosphorylation sites are significantly better conserved than other S/T/Y sites, a conclusion validated from several kinase consensus motifs. Most importantly, phosphorylation sites with experimentally verified biological functions were significantly better conserved than other phosphorylation sites, indicating that analysis utilizing evolutionary conservation may constitute a powerful basis for the development of improved phosphorylation site predictors. CONTACT: malik@biochem.mpg.de SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Cell Biology (Nigg)
UniBasel Contributors:Nigg, Erich A.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Oxford University Press
ISSN:1367-4803
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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