Contacts of the helix formed by residues 539 - 543 (chain B) in PDB entry 3A8X


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 GLY 539 (chain B).
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                                  Specific contacts
                               ---------------------------
     Residue       Dist    Surf   HB    Arom    Phob    DC
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    325B  TYR*     3.7     3.7    +      -       -      -
    327B  ASN*     3.6    22.7    +      -       -      +
    534B  ILE*     3.5    24.3    -      -       -      +
    535B  SER      3.1    22.6    +      -       -      -
    536B  GLY      4.3     0.4    +      -       -      -
    537B  GLU      3.9     0.2    -      -       -      -
    538B  PHE*     1.3    80.4    -      -       -      +
    540B  LEU*     1.3    60.5    +      -       -      +
    541B  ASP      3.2     6.4    +      -       -      -
    542B  ASN*     4.2     4.5    +      -       -      -
    543B  PHE*     4.2     1.7    -      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with LEU 540 (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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    249B  ARG*     3.8    48.5    -      -       +      +
    251B  ILE*     3.7    29.4    -      -       +      -
    261B  LEU*     4.2     5.6    -      -       +      -
    325B  TYR*     3.8    12.1    -      -       -      +
    535B  SER      4.2     3.0    +      -       -      -
    538B  PHE*     4.1    27.6    -      -       +      -
    539B  GLY*     1.3    73.2    -      -       -      +
    541B  ASP*     1.3    65.7    +      -       -      +
    542B  ASN      3.2     3.1    -      -       -      -
    543B  PHE*     3.3    29.4    +      -       +      +
    548B  THR*     4.1    12.6    +      -       +      +
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Residues in contact with ASP 541 (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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    333B  PHE*     5.9     2.9    -      -       -      -
    533B  ASN      5.4     5.6    -      -       -      +
    535B  SER*     4.4    23.5    -      -       -      +
    539B  GLY      3.2     3.0    -      -       -      -
    540B  LEU*     1.3    82.0    -      -       -      +
    542B  ASN*     1.3    65.3    +      -       -      +
    543B  PHE      3.3     7.1    +      -       -      +
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Residues in contact with ASN 542 (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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    327B  ASN*     2.8    30.3    +      -       -      +
    328B  GLY*     3.8    13.3    +      -       -      +
    329B  GLY*     3.8    23.6    -      -       -      +
    333B  PHE*     5.3    21.1    -      -       +      +
    532B  PRO*     4.5     2.8    -      -       -      +
    533B  ASN*     3.2    29.5    +      -       -      +
    534B  ILE*     3.6     8.9    -      -       -      +
    539B  GLY      4.2     4.0    +      -       -      +
    540B  LEU      3.2     0.8    -      -       -      -
    541B  ASP*     1.3    81.7    -      -       -      +
    543B  PHE*     1.3    65.8    +      -       +      +
    544B  ASP      4.3     0.2    +      -       -      -
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Residues in contact with PHE 543 (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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    251B  ILE*     3.5    39.9    -      -       +      +
    325B  TYR*     3.4    38.4    -      +       -      -
    326B  VAL      3.5    25.6    -      -       -      -
    327B  ASN*     3.8    13.2    -      -       +      -
    329B  GLY*     6.1     3.1    -      -       -      -
    539B  GLY      4.2     1.8    -      -       -      -
    540B  LEU*     3.3    36.0    +      -       +      +
    541B  ASP*     3.3     7.4    -      -       -      +
    542B  ASN*     1.3    84.0    -      -       -      +
    544B  ASP*     1.3    65.9    +      -       -      +
    545B  SER*     3.3     4.2    +      -       -      -
    548B  THR*     3.8    15.5    +      -       +      +
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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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