Bioinformatics analysis of interaction between MBL2 and MASPs family proteins

摘要

Objective:To predict and analyze the interaction between mannose-binding lectin 2(MBL2)protein and mannan-binding lectin-related serine proteases(MASPs)family proteins by bioinformatics.Methods:Homology modeling(Swiss-model)and fold recognition(Phyre 2)were used to construct the structure of MBL2 protein and MASPs family proteins,respectively.STRING database and ZDOCK 3.02 were used to predict and analyze the interaction between MBL2 and MASP1 and MASP2 proteins.Results:MBL2 had direct interaction with MASP1 and MASP2,and formed an interaction network with COLEEC11,COLEC10,FCN2,and C4B.The binding sites of MBL2 and MASP1 and MASP2 overlapped highly.MBL2 participated in the binding of MASP1 residues,and most of them(77%)were also involved in the binding of MASP2,suggesting that MBL2 interacted with the proteins of MASPs family through the same region.Conclusion:MBL2 and MASPs family proteins play an important role in the activation of the complement system and immune defense of the body.