Press Release No. 17
Berlin
Unique Map Created of Human Protein Interactions
Who works together with whom? This is the question scientists at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have investigated with regard to human proteins. The answer can be found within a map – the first one in international research – showing 3,186 interactions between 1,705 human proteins. Among them: 531 previously unknown interactions involving 195 disease proteins, highly relevant for medical research.