Skip to main content
. 2005 May 20;89(2):842–857. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.105.061978

TABLE 5.

Solvation number around different parts of the peptide

Water PEPT* Urea PEPT* Water POL Urea POL Water NPOL Urea NPOL U/W§ PEPT* U/W§ POL U/W§ NPOL U/W§ TOT ΔPEP* ΔPOL ΔNPOL
Cpep+ 277 K 127.3 68.8 115.9
Mut+ 277 K 132.9 80.7 114.8
Cpep+ 300 K 127.4 70.2 114.5
Cpep0 300 K 121.5 72.7 105.5
Mut+ 300 K 129.6 77.7 112.4
Mut0 300 K 126.2 75.6 110.1
Cpep+ 8 M 90.0 25.4 49.1 15.9 82.5 23.6 0.28 0.32 0.29 0.23 24 43 26
Cpep0 8 M 80.0 24.9 47.5 17.7 70.0 21.9 0.31 0.37 0.31 0.21 49 79 50
Mut+ 8 M 94.8 29.7 56.1 20.4 82.4 26.0 0.31 0.36 0.32 0.23 38 60 39
Mut0 8 M 86.4 22.8 50.9 15.8 75.7 20.2 0.26 0.31 0.27 0.21 27 49 28
*

Number of solvent molecules within 3.5 Å of the whole peptide.

Number of solvent molecules within 3.5 Å of the polar peptide atoms.

Number of solvent molecules within 3.5 Å of the apolar peptide atoms.

§

Denotes the ratio of urea to water molecules.

Increment in % of the fraction U/W respect to the bulk (U/W TOT).