Contacts of the helix formed by residues 178 - 180 (chain A) in PDB entry 3DC5


Residue contacts within the protein are derived with the CSU software (Sobolev V., Sorokine A., Prilusky J., Abola E.E. and Edelman M. (1999) Automated analysis of interatomic contacts in proteins. Bioinformatics, 15, 327-332). A short description of the analytical approach is given at the end of the page.
For CSU analysis of other PDB entry

Note:
Non-standard 3 letter residue codes indicate a heterogroup. To identify and analyse, use LPC software

Legend:
Dist - nearest distance (Å) between atoms of two residues
Surf - contact surface area (Å2) between two residues
HB   - hydrophilic-hydrophilic contact (hydrogen bond)
Arom - aromatic-aromatic contact
Phob - hydrophobic-hydrophobic contact
DC   - hydrophobic-hydrophilic contact (destabilizing contact)
+/-  - indicates presence/absence of a specific contacts
*    - indicates residues forming contacts  by their side chain
       (including CA atoms)
Residues in contact with LYS 178 (chain A).
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                                  Specific contacts
                               ---------------------------
     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     16A  PRO*     6.3     1.6    -      -       -      +
     17A  VAL*     4.1    19.0    -      -       +      +
     82A  ALA      4.7     0.7    -      -       -      +
     83A  LYS      4.7     5.9    -      -       -      +
     85A  GLY      5.5     2.6    +      -       -      -
    174A  HIS      5.3     1.3    -      -       -      +
    175A  ALA*     3.0    31.3    +      -       -      +
    177A  TRP*     1.3    78.3    -      -       +      +
    179A  ILE*     1.3    61.9    +      -       +      +
    180A  ALA      3.5     0.9    -      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ILE 179 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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                                  Specific contacts
                               ---------------------------
     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     14A  LEU*     4.1    25.6    -      -       +      +
     17A  VAL*     3.5    40.8    -      -       +      -
     18A  ILE*     3.6    27.1    -      -       +      -
     81A  LEU*     3.3    16.9    -      -       +      -
     82A  ALA      2.9    41.2    +      -       -      +
     83A  LYS*     4.9     5.8    -      -       -      +
     85A  GLY      5.8     0.2    -      -       -      +
    176A  ILE*     3.0    23.2    +      -       +      +
    178A  LYS*     1.3    81.7    -      -       +      +
    180A  ALA*     1.3    66.5    +      -       -      +
    181A  ASN      3.2     0.5    +      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with ALA 180 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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                                  Specific contacts
                               ---------------------------
     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     80A  ASN      3.7     5.4    -      -       -      -
     85A  GLY*     3.5    12.0    -      -       -      -
     86A  GLY      4.9     0.2    -      -       -      +
    152A  PHE*     3.9    25.6    -      -       +      -
    176A  ILE      3.2     5.8    +      -       -      -
    177A  TRP*     3.4    24.0    +      -       +      +
    178A  LYS      5.1     0.9    -      -       -      +
    179A  ILE*     1.3    77.4    -      -       -      +
    181A  ASN*     1.3    61.2    +      -       -      +
    182A  TRP*     3.1    35.1    +      -       +      +
    185A  ILE*     4.1     3.8    -      -       +      -
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A short description of the analytical approach
The contact analysis used in this page is based upon the approach developed in: Sobolev V., Wade R.C., Vriend G. and Edelman M. PROTEINS (1996) 25, 120-129. Contact legitimacy depends on the hydrophobic-hydrophilic properties of the contacting atoms. In order to define it, for each inter-atomic contact, eight atom classes have been introduced:


   I  Hydrophilic      - N and O that can donate and accept hydrogen bonds
                         (e.g., oxygen of hydroxyl group of Ser. or Thr)
  II  Acceptor         - N or O that can only accept a hydrogen bond
 III  Donor            - N that can only donate a hydrogen bond
  IV  Hydrophobic      - Cl, Br, I and all C atoms that are not in
                         aromatic rings and do not have a covalent bond to
                         a N or O atom
   V  Aromatic         - C in aromatic rings irrespective of any other 
                         bonds formed by the atom
  VI  Neutral          - C atoms that have a covalent bond to at least one
                         atom of class I or two or more atoms from class II
                         or III; atoms; S, F, P, and metal atoms in all cases
 VII  Neutral-donor    - C atoms that have a covalent bond with only one
                         atom of class III
VIII  Neutral-acceptor - C atoms that have a covalent bond with only 
                         one atom of class II
For each pair of contacts the state of legitimacy is shown below:

Legend:
+, legitimate
-, illegitimate
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  Atomic class           I  II  III   IV   V   VI  VII  VIII
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   I  (Hydrophilic)      +   +    +    -   +   +    +    +
  II  (Acceptor)         +   -    +    -   +   +    +    -
 III  (Donor)            +   +    -    -   +   +    -    +
  IV  (Hydrophobic)      -   -    -    +   +   +    +    +
   V  (Aromatic)         +   +    +    +   +   +    +    +
  VI  (Neutral)          +   +    +    +   +   +    +    +
 VII  (Neutral-donor)    +   +    -    +   +   +    -    +
VIII  (Neutral-acceptor) +   -    +    +   +   +    +    -
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Warning!
Atom classes for heterogroups are automatically assigned based on the atomic coordinates. However, in three cases (see below) the automatic assignment is currently ambiguous. In these cases, the user is advised to manually analyse the full list of contacts using LPC software.
1. Carbon atoms belonging to a 4-, 5- or 6-member ring are 
   considered "aromatic" (Class V) if the ring is approximately
   planar, and "hydrophobic" (Class IV) or "neutral" (Classes
   VI, VII, VIII) if the ring is non-planar.
2. The oxygen atom of a carbonyl or hydroxy group is considered
   "hydroxy" (Class I) if the CO bond is longer than 1.29 Å, and
   "carbonyl" (Class II) if shorter.
3. All nitrogen atoms are considered "hydrophilic" (Class I).

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