Table 2

Physical property terms in the GGT1 scoring function

Property
Position
Rationale
Explanation

ARGP820103 [62]
+3
Corr = 0.8(prof)
Membrane-buried preference, lipid contact when entering binding pocket
LEVM760105 [69]
+1 to +3
Fisher = 1.36
Size limitation (radius of gyration of side-chain)
YUTK870101 [70]
+1 to +3
Fisher = 1.38
Hydrophobicity compensation (Unfolding Gibbs energy in water, pH7.0)
ZVEL_CHARG [64]
+1 to +3
LS composition
General charge penalty
ZVEL_CHNEG [64]
+1 to +3
LS composition
Special negative charge penalty
ZVEL_ALI_1 [64]
+1 and +2
+2: Corr = 0.87(prof)
+1: continuing deviation from Uniref50 average
Amino-acid property: aliphatic
LIFS790102 [66]
+1 and +2
+2: Corr = 0.77(prof)
+1: continuing deviation from Uniref50 average
Preference for extended conformations
FAUJ880101 [71]
-1 and +2
Fisher = 1.52
Size, bulkiness (residues although 10 Å apart, face to same side of base pair)
FINA910103 [72]
-1
Corr = 0.75(prof)
Helix termination (for example, K, S favored, D,E,L,I,V disfavored)
KARP850103 [73]
-7 to-1
-1: Corr = 0.69(prof)
-2: Corr = 0.70(prof)
-3: Corr = 0.71(prof)
-4: Corr = 0.74(nrLS)
-5: Corr = 0.75(prof)
-6: Corr = 0.70(nrLS)
-7: Corr = 0.78(nrLS)
Flexibility (GGT1 lysine preference)
VINM940101 [67]
-11 to -1
-4: Corr = 0.72(prof)
-5: Corr = 0.82(prof)
-6: Corr = 0.84(nrLS)
-7: Corr = 0.75(nrLS)
-8: Corr = 0.77(nrLS)
-9: Corr = 0.68(prof)
-10: Corr = 0.86(prof)
Rest: continuing deviation from Uniref50 average
Normalized flexibility average
KRIW790102 [68]
-11 to -1
-3: Corr = 0.70(prof)
-4: Corr = 0.73(prof)
-5: Corr = 0.84(prof)
-6: Corr = 0.81(prof)
-7: Corr = 0.83(nrLS)
-8: Corr = 0.85(nrLS)
-9: Corr = 0.76(prof)
-10: Corr = 0.86(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 carboxy terminus

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

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