An amino acid "transmembrane tendency" scale that approaches the theoretical limit to accuracy for prediction of transmembrane helices: Relationship to biological hydrophobicity

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1987-2001

  Zhao, Gang ^a   London, Erwin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydropathy; Hydrophobicity; Kyte Doolittle scale; Transmembrane helix; Transmembrane propensity; Transmembrane sequence prediction; Transmembrane tendency

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHOPHILE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33746529820     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062286306     Document Type: Article

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