Interolog

Okay kiddo, do you know what friends are? They are people you like and spend time with. In the same way, proteins can also have friends! When proteins interact with each other and form a complex, it's called an interolog.

Imagine you have a bag filled with different toys. You can take two toys out of the bag and play with them together. Similarly, proteins can interact with each other to do different things in your body, like helping your heart beat or your muscles move. These interactions can be like having a little party in your body!

Scientists study these protein interactions by using something called interologs. They look at the interactions that happen between proteins in different organisms, like mice or yeast. They use these interactions to understand what proteins do in the human body, and how they work together to keep us healthy.

So, interologs are like looking at the friendships between proteins in different organisms so that we can learn more about how they work together to keep us healthy!