A survey of human histone H1 subtypes interaction networks: implications
for histones H1 functioning
Abstract
Human histone H1 subtypes interaction networks was constructed to show a
spectrum of their activities realized through the protein-protein
interactions. Histone H1 subtypes participate in over half a thousand
interactions with nuclear and cytosolic proteins engaged in the
enzymatic activity and binding of nucleic acids and proteins. Small
scale networks created by H1 subtypes are similar in their topological
parameters (p > 0.05) but hub proteins of the networks
formed with subtype H1.1 and H1.4 differ from those of subtype H1.3 and
H1.5 in the closeness centrality, clustering coefficient and
neighborhood connectivity (p < 0.05). Molecular function and
biological process of the networks hubs is related to RNA binding and
ribosome biogenesis (subtype H1.1 and H1.4), cell cycle and cell
division (subtype H1.3 and H1.5) and protein ubiquitination and
degradation (subtype H1.2). Such a disparity between H1 subtypes is also
manifested by enriched GO terms of their interacting proteins. The
residue propensity and secondary structures of interacting surfaces as
well as a value of equilibrium dissociation constant indicate that a
type of H1 subtypes interactions is transient in term of the stability
and medium-strong in relation to the strength of binding. Histone H1
subtypes bind interacting partners in the intrinsic disorder–dependent
mode, according to the coupled folding and binding and mutual
synergistic folding mechanism. These results evidence that
multifunctional H1 subtypes operate via protein interactions in the
networks of crucial cellular processes and, therefore, confirm a new
histone H1 paradigm relating to its functioning in the protein-protein
interaction networks.