Table 2

Evolutionary origin of dimers of paralogues


P(HD)
P(PD)
P(HD|PD)
P(PD|HD)

Yeast
0.034 ± 0.006
0.134 ± 0.011
0.043 ± 0.006
0.17 ± 0.012
Yeast-large
0.027 ± 0.001
0.062 ± 0.002
0.203 ± 0.003
0.466 ± 0.004
Fly
0.047 ± 0.004
0.091 ± 0.006
0.082 ± 0.006
0.257 ± 0.008
Worm
0.031 ± 0.003
0.033 ± 0.003
0.355 ± 0.008
0.379 ± 0.008

Dimers of paralogues are frequently also homodimers. HD, homodimer; PD, dimer of paralogues. P(HD|PD) should be read as the conditional probability of a polypeptide forming a homodimer given that it also participates in forming a dimer of paralogues. The standard deviations for each probability are calculated from √(p(1 - p)/n) where p is the estimated probability and n the number of observations. The enrichment observed with the conditional probabilities is significant for all interaction datasets except the small yeast network.

Pereira-Leal et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R51   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r51