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. 2003 Feb 28;4:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-4-8

Table 3.

Amino acid empirical contact energies

CYS MET PHE ILE LEU VAL TRP TYR ALA GLY
CYS -3.477 -2.240 -2.424 -2.410 -2.343 -2.258 -2.080 -1.892 -1.700 -1.101
MET -2.240 -1.901 -2.304 -2.286 -2.208 -2.079 -2.090 -1.834 -1.517 -0.897
PHE -2.424 -2.304 -2.467 -2.530 -2.491 -2.391 -2.286 -1.963 -1.750 -1.034
ILE -2.410 -2.286 -2.530 -2.691 -2.647 -2.568 -2.303 -1.998 -1.872 -0.885
LEU -2.343 -2.208 -2.491 -2.647 -2.501 -2.447 -2.222 -1.919 -1.728 -0.767
VAL -2.258 -2.079 -2.391 -2.568 -2.447 -2.385 -2.097 -1.790 -1.731 -0.756
TRP -2.080 -2.090 -2.286 -2.303 -2.222 -2.097 -1.867 -1.834 -1.565 -1.142
TYR -1.892 -1.834 -1.963 -1.998 -1.919 -1.790 -1.834 -1.335 -1.318 -0.818
ALA -1.700 -1.517 -1.750 -1.872 -1.728 -1.731 -1.565 -1.318 -1.119 -0.290
GLY -1.101 -0.897 -1.034 -0.885 -0.767 -0.756 -1.142 -0.818 -0.290 0.219
THR -1.243 -0.999 -1.237 -1.360 -1.202 -1.240 -1.077 -0.892 -0.717 -0.311
SER -1.306 -0.893 -1.178 -1.037 -0.959 -0.933 -1.145 -0.859 -0.607 -0.261
ASN -0.788 -0.658 -0.790 -0.669 -0.524 -0.673 -0.884 -0.670 -0.371 -0.230
GLN -0.835 -0.720 -0.807 -0.778 -0.729 -0.642 -0.997 -0.687 -0.323 0.033
ASP -0.616 -0.409 -0.482 -0.402 -0.291 -0.298 -0.613 -0.631 -0.235 -0.097
GLU -0.179 -0.209 -0.419 -0.439 -0.366 -0.335 -0.624 -0.453 -0.039 0.443
HIS -1.499 -1.252 -1.330 -1.234 -1.176 -1.118 -1.383 -1.222 -0.646 -0.325
ARG -0.771 -0.611 -0.805 -0.854 -0.758 -0.664 -0.912 -0.745 -0.327 -0.050
LYS -0.112 -0.146 -0.270 -0.253 -0.222 -0.200 -0.391 -0.349 0.196 0.589
PRO -1.196 -0.788 -1.076 -0.991 -0.771 -0.886 -1.278 -1.067 -0.374 -0.042

THR SER ASN GLN ASP GLU HIS ARG LYS PRO

CYS -1.243 -1.306 -0.788 -0.835 -0.616 -0.179 -1.499 -0.771 -0.112 -1.196
MET -0.999 -0.893 -0.658 -0.720 -0.409 -0.209 -1.252 -0.611 -0.146 -0.788
PHE -1.237 -1.178 -0.790 -0.807 -0.482 -0.419 -1.330 -0.805 -0.270 -1.076
ILE -1.360 -1.037 -0.669 -0.778 -0.402 -0.439 -1.234 -0.854 -0.253 -0.991
LEU -1.202 -0.959 -0.524 -0.729 -0.291 -0.366 -1.176 -0.758 -0.222 -0.771
VAL -1.240 -0.933 -0.673 -0.642 -0.298 -0.335 -1.118 -0.664 -0.200 -0.886
TRP -1.077 -1.145 -0.884 -0.997 -0.613 -0.624 -1.383 -0.912 -0.391 -1.278
TYR -0.892 -0.859 -0.670 -0.687 -0.631 -0.453 -1.222 -0.745 -0.349 -1.067
ALA -0.717 -0.607 -0.371 -0.323 -0.235 -0.039 -0.646 -0.327 0.196 -0.374
GLY -0.311 -0.261 -0.230 0.033 -0.097 0.443 -0.325 -0.050 0.589 -0.042
THR -0.617 -0.548 -0.463 -0.342 -0.382 -0.192 -0.720 -0.247 0.155 -0.222
SER -0.548 -0.519 -0.423 -0.260 -0.521 -0.161 -0.639 -0.264 0.223 -0.199
ASN -0.463 -0.423 -0.367 -0.253 -0.344 0.160 -0.455 -0.114 0.271 -0.018
GLN -0.342 -0.260 -0.253 0.054 0.022 0.179 -0.290 -0.042 0.334 -0.035
ASP -0.382 -0.521 -0.344 0.022 0.179 0.634 -0.664 -0.584 -0.176 0.189
GLU -0.192 -0.161 0.160 0.179 0.634 0.933 -0.324 -0.374 -0.057 0.257
HIS -0.720 -0.639 -0.455 -0.290 -0.664 -0.324 -1.078 -0.307 0.388 -0.346
ARG -0.247 -0.264 -0.114 -0.042 -0.584 -0.374 -0.307 0.200 0.815 -0.023
LYS 0.155 0.223 0.271 0.334 -0.176 -0.057 0.388 0.815 1.339 0.661
PRO -0.222 -0.199 -0.018 -0.035 0.189 0.257 -0.346 -0.023 0.661 0.129

Contact energies are reported for all amino acid pairs corresponding to the SC+CA contact definition and employing a cutoff of 1.0 Å.