Contacts of the helix formed by residues 171 - 174 (chain E) in PDB entry 4GTU


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 PRO 171 (chain E).
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                                  Specific contacts
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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    167E  ARG*     3.1    22.5    -      -       +      +
    168E  ILE*     3.8    11.4    -      -       -      +
    169E  PHE      3.9     2.9    -      -       -      +
    170E  GLU*     1.3    90.3    -      -       -      +
    172E  ASN*     1.3    73.2    +      -       -      +
    173E  CYS      3.1     1.7    +      -       -      -
    174E  LEU*     3.4    18.2    +      -       -      +
    175E  ASP*     3.8     6.5    -      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ASN 172 (chain E). Click here for Legend to table.
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                                  Specific contacts
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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    170E  GLU*     3.2    16.4    +      -       -      +
    171E  PRO*     1.3    80.4    -      -       -      +
    173E  CYS*     1.3    57.1    +      -       -      +
    174E  LEU      2.8    12.4    +      -       -      -
    175E  ASP*     3.0    36.1    +      -       +      +
    176E  ALA*     4.1     3.6    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with CYS 173 (chain E). Click here for Legend to table.
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                                  Specific contacts
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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    130E  LEU*     4.0    20.9    -      -       +      -
    131E  PRO*     6.0     2.5    -      -       +      -
    134E  MET*     3.5    30.9    -      -       +      +
    166E  HIS*     3.9    21.3    -      -       -      -
    170E  GLU*     3.1    37.0    +      -       +      +
    171E  PRO      3.1     1.6    +      -       -      -
    172E  ASN*     1.3    76.1    -      -       -      +
    174E  LEU*     1.3    63.5    +      -       -      +
    176E  ALA      4.9     0.2    -      -       -      -
    177E  PHE*     2.9    32.0    -      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with LEU 174 (chain E). Click here for Legend to table.
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                                  Specific contacts
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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    134E  MET*     3.8    23.6    -      -       +      -
    163E  LEU*     4.4    19.1    -      -       +      +
    167E  ARG*     3.5    48.2    -      -       +      +
    171E  PRO      3.4    10.6    +      -       -      +
    172E  ASN      2.8     2.0    +      -       -      -
    173E  CYS*     1.3    83.6    -      -       -      +
    175E  ASP*     1.3    65.5    +      -       -      +
    176E  ALA      3.3     2.7    -      -       -      -
    177E  PHE*     2.9    27.6    +      -       -      +
    180E  LEU*     4.5    18.2    -      -       +      -
    181E  LYS*     3.7    26.3    -      -       +      +
    184E  ILE*     4.8     7.4    -      -       +      -
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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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