Contacts of the helix formed by residues 2 - 35 (chain A) in PDB entry 1WFB


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 THR 2 (chain A).
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      1A  ASP*     1.3    75.1    +      -       -      +
      3A  ALA*     1.3    57.9    -      -       -      +
      5A  ASP*     3.2     4.6    +      -       -      +
      6A  ALA*     2.8    35.3    +      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 3 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      1A  ASP*     3.5     9.6    +      -       -      +
      2A  THR*     1.3    78.8    -      -       -      +
      4A  SER*     1.3    57.2    +      -       -      +
      6A  ALA*     3.3     6.6    +      -       -      +
      7A  ALA*     3.0    29.3    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with SER 4 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      1A  ASP*     2.8    34.5    +      -       -      +
      3A  ALA*     1.3    76.4    -      -       -      +
      5A  ASP*     1.3    61.4    +      -       -      +
      7A  ALA*     3.3     7.6    +      -       -      +
      8A  ALA*     2.9    28.5    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ASP 5 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      1A  ASP      2.9    30.4    +      -       -      +
      2A  THR*     3.8     4.5    -      -       -      +
      4A  SER*     1.3    80.6    -      -       -      +
      6A  ALA*     1.3    58.8    +      -       -      +
      8A  ALA*     3.7     8.2    -      -       -      +
      9A  ALA*     2.9    30.8    +      -       -      +
     24B  THR*     6.1     1.7    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 6 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      2A  THR*     2.8    20.8    +      -       +      +
      3A  ALA*     3.7     7.9    -      -       -      +
      5A  ASP*     1.3    77.5    -      -       -      +
      7A  ALA*     1.3    57.0    +      -       -      +
      9A  ALA*     3.4     6.9    +      -       -      +
     10A  ALA*     3.0    28.2    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 7 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      3A  ALA      3.0    16.6    +      -       -      +
      4A  SER*     3.6     7.4    -      -       -      +
      6A  ALA*     1.3    74.5    -      -       -      +
      8A  ALA*     1.4    59.7    +      -       -      +
     10A  ALA*     3.3     7.2    +      -       -      +
     11A  ALA*     2.9    30.0    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 8 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      4A  SER      2.9    17.4    +      -       -      +
      5A  ASP*     3.7    10.1    -      -       -      +
      7A  ALA*     1.4    75.4    -      -       -      +
      9A  ALA*     1.3    58.1    +      -       -      +
     11A  ALA*     3.3     6.1    +      -       -      +
     12A  LEU*     2.9    42.5    +      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 9 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      5A  ASP      2.9    18.8    +      -       -      +
      6A  ALA*     3.8     7.9    -      -       -      +
      8A  ALA*     1.3    76.2    -      -       -      +
     10A  ALA*     1.3    56.6    +      -       -      +
     12A  LEU*     3.5     9.8    +      -       -      +
     13A  THR*     2.8    36.2    +      -       -      +
     21B  ALA*     4.3    24.2    -      -       +      -
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Residues in contact with ALA 10 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      6A  ALA      3.0    18.1    +      -       -      +
      7A  ALA*     3.3     7.4    +      -       -      +
      9A  ALA*     1.3    76.2    -      -       -      +
     11A  ALA*     1.4    56.2    +      -       -      +
     13A  THR*     3.4     6.2    +      -       -      -
     14A  ALA*     3.0    30.6    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 11 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      7A  ALA      2.9    17.1    +      -       -      +
      8A  ALA*     3.3     6.5    +      -       -      +
     10A  ALA*     1.4    75.8    -      -       -      +
     12A  LEU*     1.3    59.0    +      -       +      +
     14A  ALA*     3.4     5.2    +      -       -      +
     15A  ALA*     2.8    32.0    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with LEU 12 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      8A  ALA*     2.9    30.9    +      -       +      +
      9A  ALA*     3.8     7.2    -      -       -      +
     11A  ALA*     1.3    74.6    -      -       +      +
     13A  THR*     1.3    56.9    +      -       -      +
     15A  ALA*     3.8     5.3    -      -       +      +
     16A  ASN*     2.9    47.3    +      -       -      +
     17B  ALA*     5.3     1.3    -      -       +      -
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Residues in contact with THR 13 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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      9A  ALA*     2.8    23.1    +      -       -      +
     10A  ALA*     3.6     7.4    -      -       -      +
     12A  LEU*     1.3    74.2    -      -       -      +
     14A  ALA*     1.3    58.3    +      -       -      +
     16A  ASN*     3.9     0.7    -      -       -      +
     17A  ALA*     2.9    33.2    +      -       +      +
     14B  ALA*     3.8    35.1    -      -       +      +
     17B  ALA*     3.4    27.9    +      -       -      +
     18B  LYS*     4.2     6.0    +      -       +      +
     21B  ALA*     5.7     1.4    -      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 14 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     10A  ALA      3.0    17.9    +      -       -      +
     11A  ALA*     3.8     5.8    -      -       -      +
     13A  THR*     1.3    76.1    -      -       -      +
     15A  ALA*     1.3    64.2    +      -       -      +
     17A  ALA*     3.8     4.1    -      -       -      +
     18A  LYS*     3.0    27.0    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 15 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     11A  ALA      2.8    19.5    +      -       -      +
     12A  LEU*     3.8     7.2    -      -       +      +
     14A  ALA*     1.3    76.6    -      -       -      +
     16A  ASN*     1.3    60.8    +      -       -      +
     18A  LYS*     3.8     3.6    -      -       -      +
     19A  ALA*     2.9    32.3    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ASN 16 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     12A  LEU*     2.9    32.9    +      -       -      +
     13A  THR*     4.1     4.2    -      -       -      +
     15A  ALA*     1.3    80.5    -      -       -      +
     17A  ALA*     1.3    58.3    +      -       -      +
     19A  ALA*     3.8     5.4    -      -       -      +
     20A  ALA*     2.9    29.8    +      -       -      +
     13B  THR*     3.4    19.7    -      -       +      +
     17B  ALA*     5.4     7.6    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 17 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     13A  THR      2.9    19.2    +      -       -      +
     14A  ALA*     3.8     4.9    -      -       -      +
     16A  ASN*     1.3    73.9    -      -       -      +
     18A  LYS*     1.3    64.1    +      -       -      +
     20A  ALA*     3.3     2.3    +      -       -      +
     21A  ALA*     3.1    17.8    +      -       -      +
     10B  ALA*     3.4    41.0    -      -       +      +
     13B  THR*     3.9     6.4    -      -       -      +
     14B  ALA*     3.9    13.5    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with LYS 18 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     14A  ALA      3.0    18.2    +      -       -      +
     15A  ALA*     3.9     4.5    -      -       -      +
     17A  ALA*     1.3    75.8    -      -       -      +
     19A  ALA*     1.3    64.5    +      -       -      +
     21A  ALA*     3.1     7.6    +      -       +      +
     22A  GLU*     2.9    51.4    +      -       +      +
     10B  ALA*     5.5     0.2    -      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with ALA 19 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     15A  ALA      2.9    19.4    +      -       -      +
     16A  ASN*     3.9     6.7    -      -       -      +
     18A  LYS*     1.3    77.6    -      -       -      +
     20A  ALA*     1.3    62.6    +      -       -      +
     22A  GLU*     3.2    12.4    +      -       -      +
     23A  LEU*     2.8    43.1    +      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 20 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     16A  ASN      2.9    19.2    +      -       -      +
     17A  ALA      3.5     5.4    -      -       -      +
     18A  LYS      3.3     0.2    -      -       -      -
     19A  ALA*     1.3    77.0    -      -       -      +
     21A  ALA*     1.3    56.8    +      -       -      +
     23A  LEU*     4.3     4.2    -      -       -      +
     24A  THR*     2.7    36.1    +      -       -      +
      9B  ALA*     3.8    15.0    -      -       +      +
     13B  THR*     3.3    25.6    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 21 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     17A  ALA      3.1    13.0    +      -       -      +
     18A  LYS*     3.6     8.5    -      -       +      +
     20A  ALA*     1.3    75.2    -      -       -      +
     22A  GLU*     1.3    64.5    +      -       +      +
     24A  THR      3.3     0.7    +      -       -      -
     25A  ALA*     2.9    27.0    +      -       -      +
      6B  ALA*     3.5    36.9    +      -       +      +
      7B  ALA*     5.4     0.4    -      -       -      -
     10B  ALA*     4.0     7.6    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with GLU 22 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     18A  LYS*     2.9    51.2    +      -       +      +
     19A  ALA*     3.6    13.1    +      -       -      +
     21A  ALA*     1.3    79.8    -      -       +      +
     23A  LEU*     1.3    62.9    +      -       +      +
     25A  ALA*     3.8     5.0    -      -       -      +
     26A  ALA*     2.9    28.8    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with LEU 23 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     19A  ALA*     2.8    35.8    +      -       +      +
     20A  ALA*     4.3     3.4    -      -       -      +
     22A  GLU*     1.3    74.4    -      -       +      +
     24A  THR*     1.3    61.1    +      -       -      +
     26A  ALA*     4.4     7.0    -      -       +      +
     27A  ASN*     2.8    48.8    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with THR 24 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     20A  ALA      2.7    23.3    +      -       -      -
     21A  ALA      3.6     3.1    -      -       -      -
     23A  LEU*     1.3    76.9    -      -       -      +
     25A  ALA*     1.3    57.7    +      -       -      +
     27A  ASN*     3.9     4.8    -      -       -      +
     28A  ALA*     2.9    34.8    +      -       +      +
      2B  THR*     5.2     0.9    -      -       +      +
      5B  ASP*     3.9    18.4    -      -       +      +
      6B  ALA*     3.8    21.8    -      -       +      +
      9B  ALA*     3.3    17.2    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 25 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     21A  ALA      2.9    16.8    +      -       -      +
     22A  GLU*     3.8     4.7    -      -       -      +
     24A  THR*     1.3    78.2    -      -       -      +
     26A  ALA*     1.3    62.8    +      -       -      +
     28A  ALA*     3.8     1.2    -      -       -      +
     29A  ALA*     3.0    24.7    +      -       -      +
      2B  THR*     3.5    24.0    -      -       +      +
      6B  ALA*     4.3     8.5    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 26 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     22A  GLU      2.9    18.0    +      -       -      +
     23A  LEU*     3.9     9.2    -      -       +      +
     25A  ALA*     1.3    75.6    -      -       -      +
     27A  ASN*     1.3    61.8    +      -       -      +
     29A  ALA*     3.3     5.1    +      -       -      +
     30A  ALA*     2.9    31.4    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ASN 27 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     23A  LEU*     2.8    34.5    +      -       -      +
     24A  THR*     3.9     4.8    -      -       -      +
     26A  ALA*     1.3    77.5    -      -       -      +
     28A  ALA*     1.3    60.1    +      -       -      +
     30A  ALA*     3.8     4.8    -      -       -      +
     31A  ALA*     2.9    33.1    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 28 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     24A  THR*     2.9    20.8    +      -       +      +
     27A  ASN*     1.3    74.3    -      -       -      +
     29A  ALA*     1.3    63.0    +      -       -      +
     31A  ALA*     3.9     3.7    -      -       -      +
     32A  ALA*     3.0    27.8    +      -       -      +
      2B  THR*     3.7    31.2    -      -       +      +
      5B  ASP*     6.0     2.5    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 29 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     25A  ALA      3.0    18.1    +      -       -      +
     26A  ALA*     3.6     5.8    -      -       -      +
     28A  ALA*     1.3    76.8    -      -       -      +
     30A  ALA*     1.3    62.5    +      -       -      +
     32A  ALA*     3.8     4.7    -      -       -      +
     33A  ALA*     3.0    25.7    +      -       -      +
      2B  THR*     5.1     2.4    -      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 30 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     26A  ALA      2.9    18.1    +      -       -      +
     27A  ASN*     4.0     5.2    -      -       -      +
     29A  ALA*     1.3    76.2    -      -       -      +
     31A  ALA*     1.3    58.3    +      -       -      +
     33A  ALA*     3.4     5.9    +      -       -      +
     34A  ALA*     2.9    31.2    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 31 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     27A  ASN      2.9    19.7    +      -       -      +
     28A  ALA*     3.9     4.7    -      -       -      +
     30A  ALA*     1.3    78.1    -      -       -      +
     32A  ALA*     1.3    57.4    +      -       -      +
     34A  ALA*     3.4     5.2    +      -       -      +
     35A  THR*     2.9    36.8    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 32 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     28A  ALA      3.0    19.1    +      -       -      +
     29A  ALA*     3.8     5.2    -      -       -      +
     31A  ALA*     1.3    74.0    -      -       -      +
     33A  ALA*     1.3    56.4    +      -       -      +
     35A  THR*     3.3     7.0    +      -       -      +
     36A  ALA*     2.9    30.5    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 33 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     29A  ALA      3.0    18.9    +      -       -      +
     30A  ALA*     3.7     7.0    -      -       -      +
     32A  ALA*     1.3    77.5    -      -       -      +
     34A  ALA*     1.4    61.3    +      -       -      +
     36A  ALA*     3.3     5.3    +      -       -      -
     37A  ARG*     2.9    39.4    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ALA 34 (chain A). Click here for Legend to table.
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     30A  ALA      2.9    18.2    +      -       -      +
     31A  ALA*     3.8     5.8    -      -       -      +
     33A  ALA*     1.4    74.8    -      -       -      +
     35A  THR*     1.4    64.5    +      -       -      +
     37A  ARG*     3.1    23.5    +      -       -      +
     38A  NH2      4.1     1.4    +      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with THR 35 (chain A). 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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     31A  ALA*     2.9    20.9    +      -       -      +
     32A  ALA*     3.6     6.3    -      -       -      +
     34A  ALA*     1.4    77.4    -      -       -      +
     36A  ALA*     1.3    61.4    +      -       -      +
     38A  NH2      3.1    11.4    +      -       -      -
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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).

Please E-mail any questions and/or suggestions concerning this page to Vladimir.Sobolev@weizmann.ac.il