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. 2012 Jul 17;7(7):e40540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040540

Table 1. Atom types used in binding site matching.

Atom Type Atom Subtype Label
Carbon (C) Carbonyl C 1
Aliphatic C, CA, Other sp3 C, 2
Aromatic C 3
Oxygen (O) Backbone O and carbonyl O in Asn and Gln, carboxyl O in Asp and Glu 4
Hydroxyl O in Ser, Thr and Tyr 5
Nitrogen (N) Backbone N, TRP side chain NE1, GLN NE2, ASN ND2, ARG NE NE1 NE2, LYS NZ 6
HIS side chain NE1, NE2 7
Hydrogen (H) polar H 8
Sulfur (S) Disulfide bond S, Met S, Cys S 2