50 years of amino acid hydrophobicity scales: revisiting the capacity for peptide classification

BACKGROUND: Physicochemical properties are frequently analyzed to characterize protein-sequences of known and unknown function. Especially the hydrophobicity of amino acids is often used for structural prediction or for the detection of membrane associated or embedded β-sheets and α-helices. For thi...

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Main Authors: Stefan Simm, Jens Einloft, Oliver Mirus, Enrico Schleiff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602016000100031&lng=en&tlng=en