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. 2008 Mar 12;2:133–144. doi: 10.4137/bbi.s550

Table 1.

List of physicochemical amino acid indices and chemical groups used to derive features.

Amino acid Code Index Physicochemical index/chemical groups
MolW pI FH EH Associated chemical groups
Alanine A 1 71.0791 6.01 0.42 0.62 CH CO NH CH3
Cysteine C 2 103.1437 5.07 1.34 0.29 CH CO NH CH2 SH
Aspartate D 3 115.0887 2.77 −1.05 −0.9 CH CO NH CH2 CO COO
Glutamate E 4 129.1157 3.22 −0.87 −0.74 CH CO NH CH2 CH2 CO COO
Phenylalanine F 5 147.1772 5.48 2.44 1.19 CH CO NH CH2 CAROM
CHAROM CHAROM CHAROM
CHAROM CHAROM
Glycine G 6 57.0521 5.97 0 0.48 CH2 CO NH
Histidine H 7 137.1414 7.59 0.18 −0.4 CH CO NH CH2 CAROM
CHAROM N CHAROM NH
Isoleucine I 8 113.16 6.02 2.46 1.38 CH CO NH CH2 CH CH3 CH3
Lysine K 9 128.1792 9.74 −1.35 −1.5 CH CO NH CH2 CH2 CH2
CH2 NH3+
Leucine L 10 113.16 5.98 2.32 1.06 CH CO NH CH2 CH CH3 CH3
Methionine M 11 131.1977 5.47 1.68 0.64 CH CO NH CH2 CH2 S CH3
Asparagine N 12 114.104 5.41 −0.82 −0.78 CH CO NH CH2 CO C NH2
Proline P 13 97.1171 6.48 0.98 0.12 CHRING CO NHRING CH2RING
CH2RING CH2RING
Glutamine Q 14 128.131 5.65 −0.3 −0.85 CH CO NH CH2 CH2 CO C NH2
Arginine R 15 156.188 10.76 −1.37 −2.53 CH CO NH CH2 CH2 CH2 NH C
NH2 NH2+
Serine S 16 87.0784 5.68 −0.05 −0.18 CH CO NH CH2 OH
Threonine T 17 101.1054 5.87 0.35 −0.05 CH CO NH CH CH3 OH
Valine V 18 99.133 5.97 1.66 1.08 CH CO NH CH CH3 CH3
Tryptophan W 19 186.2139 5.89 3.07 0.81 CH CO NH CH2 CAROM
CAROM CAROM NH CHAROM
CHAROM CHAROM CHAROM
CHAROM
Tyrosine Y 20 163.1756 5.67 1.31 0.26 CH CO NH CH2 CAROM
CHAROM CHAROM CHAROM
CHAROM CAROM OH