Contacts of the helix formed by residues 72 - 75 (chain R) in PDB entry 1XU1


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 ARG 72 (chain R).
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                                  Specific contacts
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     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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     70R  SER*     4.0    16.2    +      -       -      +
     71R  CYS*     1.3    76.8    -      -       -      +
     73R  LYS*     1.3    59.1    +      -       -      +
     74R  GLU*     3.2    38.7    +      -       +      +
     75R  GLN*     3.0    41.5    +      -       -      +
     76R  GLY      3.5     0.3    +      -       -      -
     77R  LYS*     2.9    18.8    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with LYS 73 (chain R). 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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    121A  ASP*     5.4     5.3    +      -       -      -
    123A  ASP*     5.6     3.6    +      -       -      +
     71R  CYS      4.1     0.8    +      -       -      -
     72R  ARG*     1.3    72.5    -      -       -      +
     74R  GLU*     1.3    81.3    +      -       +      +
     75R  GLN      3.1     0.4    -      -       -      -
     76R  GLY*     3.2    13.0    +      -       -      -
     77R  LYS      3.0    16.0    +      -       -      +
     78R  PHE*     4.9     2.7    -      -       +      -
     89R  CYS*     5.2     2.4    -      -       -      -
     98R  LYS      5.8     0.8    +      -       -      -
     99R  GLN*     3.4    44.3    +      -       +      +
    102R  TYR*     4.3    13.5    -      -       +      +
    103R  PHE*     4.3     8.0    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with GLU 74 (chain R). 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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     72R  ARG*     3.1    42.1    +      -       +      -
     73R  LYS*     1.3    97.1    +      -       +      +
     75R  GLN*     1.3    64.7    +      -       +      +
     76R  GLY      3.5     1.5    +      -       -      -
    102R  TYR*     3.7    32.5    +      -       +      -
    103R  PHE*     4.8     4.8    -      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with GLN 75 (chain R). 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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     70R  SER*     4.2    10.6    +      -       -      -
     72R  ARG*     3.0    26.4    +      -       +      +
     74R  GLU*     1.3    84.1    -      -       +      +
     76R  GLY*     1.3    60.1    +      -       -      +
     77R  LYS*     3.5    18.0    +      -       +      +
    103R  PHE*     4.1     9.1    -      -       -      -
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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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