Table 1

Physical property terms in the FT scoring function

Property
Position
Rationale
Explanation

ARGP820103 [62]
+3
Corr = 0.7(nrLS)
Membrane-buried preference, lipid contact when entering binding pocket
logPREN_CKQX_FT [15]
+3
Corr = -0.72(nrLS)
Kinetic measurement, relative unprocessed FPP amounts with tetrapeptide CKQX
CHOC760101 [63]
+1 to +3
Fisher = 1.3
Side chain volume
ZVEL_CHARG [64]
+1 to +3
LS composition
General charge penalty
ZVEL_CHNEG [64]
+1 to +3
LS composition
Special negative charge penalty
WERD780102 [65]
+1 and +3
Fisher = 1.51
Hydrophobicity compensation for inside preference
ZVEL_ALI_1 [64]
+1 and +2
+2: Corr = 0.85(prof)
+1: continuing deviation from Uniref50 average
Amino-acid property: aliphatic
LIFS790102 [66]
+1 and +2
+2: Correlation = 0.76(prof)
+1: continuing deviation from Uniref50 average
Preference for extended conformations
ZVEL_TINY_ [64]
-1
Corr = 0.68(prof)
Size, bulkiness
MOBILITY_2 [21]
-1
Corr = 0.61(nrLS)
Side chain mobility
VINM940101 [67]
-11 to -1
-2: Corr = 0.72(prof)
-3: Corr = 0.75(prof)
-4: Corr = 0.78(nrLS)
-5: Corr = 0.82(nrLS)
-6: Corr = 0.84(nrLS)
-7: Corr = 0.79(nrLS)
-8: Corr = 0.74(prof)
-9: Corr = 0.82(nrLS)
-10: Corr = 0.84(nrLS)
-11: Corr = 0.79(nrLS)
Rest: continuing deviation from Uniref50 average
Normalized flexibility average
KRIW790102 [68]
-11 to -1
-2: Corr = 0.76(prof)
-6: Corr = 0.83(nrLS)
-7: Corr = 0.83(nrLS)
-8: Corr = 0.76(prof)
Rest: continuing deviation from Uniref50 average
Fraction of site occupied with water
Buried helix (see Materials and methods)
-20 to -1
Remove false positives
Helix with strongly hydrophobic sides folds back to protein core and reduces flexibility and accessibility of C-terminus

Corr, correlation; LS, learning set; nrLS, nonredundant; prof, profile.

Maurer-Stroh and Eisenhaber Genome Biology 2005 6:R55   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-6-r55

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