Contacts of the strand formed by residues 521 - 524 (chain B) in PDB entry 1QAS


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.
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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 ALA 521 (chain B).
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                                  Specific contacts
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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    502B  VAL*     3.5    14.8    -      -       +      +
    504B  PHE*     4.1    18.2    -      -       +      +
    515B  GLN*     3.4    23.4    +      -       -      +
    520B  MET*     1.3    76.4    -      -       -      +
    522B  SER*     1.3    62.7    +      -       -      +
    523B  PHE*     3.8    23.1    -      -       +      -
    542B  HIS*     5.5     1.3    -      -       +      -
    547B  LEU      4.0     2.8    +      -       -      +
    548B  SER*     3.8     4.0    -      -       -      -
    549B  ARG      3.0    23.7    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with SER 522 (chain B). Click here for Legend to table.
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                                  Specific contacts
                               ---------------------------
     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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    438B  LYS*     3.7    15.9    +      -       -      -
    501B  SER*     5.5     0.5    +      -       -      -
    502B  VAL      4.5     2.6    +      -       -      -
    504B  PHE*     5.2     0.2    -      -       -      +
    520B  MET*     4.2     0.3    +      -       -      +
    521B  ALA*     1.3    75.2    -      -       -      +
    523B  PHE*     1.3    65.8    +      -       -      +
    527B  ARG*     3.3    19.8    +      -       -      -
    549B  ARG*     2.9    40.7    +      -       -      +
    551B  TYR*     3.8    12.6    +      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with PHE 523 (chain B). 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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    504B  PHE*     3.5    39.0    -      +       +      -
    521B  ALA*     3.8    24.5    -      -       +      -
    522B  SER*     1.3    75.5    -      -       -      +
    524B  SER*     1.3    68.3    +      -       -      +
    527B  ARG*     3.7    22.2    -      -       +      +
    528B  ALA*     4.0    15.0    -      -       +      +
    531B  LEU*     3.1    35.7    -      -       +      -
    539B  PHE*     4.2    16.8    -      +       -      -
    542B  HIS*     5.1     1.3    -      +       -      -
    548B  SER*     4.1    16.8    -      -       -      -
    549B  ARG      2.7    16.7    +      -       -      +
    550B  ILE*     3.2    12.0    -      -       +      -
    551B  TYR*     3.0    31.4    +      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with SER 524 (chain B). 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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    523B  PHE*     1.3    75.1    -      -       -      +
    525B  GLU*     1.3    67.4    +      -       -      +
    526B  SER*     2.8    25.2    +      -       -      -
    527B  ARG*     3.1    15.7    +      -       -      +
    528B  ALA*     2.9    21.2    +      -       -      +
    551B  TYR*     3.6    33.3    +      -       -      -
    553B  ALA*     4.9     8.5    -      -       -      -
    554B  GLY      5.8     0.7    -      -       -      -
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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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