Table 1.
Physico-chemical characteristics of selected carbon binding peptides
Name | Sequencea | Mr (Da) | pI | Hydropathyb |
---|---|---|---|---|
Car9 | ![]() |
1346.6 | 11.1 | −1.900 |
Car14 | ![]() |
1200.3 | 4.3 | +0.267 |
Car15 | ![]() |
1431.8 | 8.8 | +0.525 |
Car16 | ![]() |
1409.6 | 9.6 | −1.000 |
Amino acids are color-coded as follows: hydrophobic, gray; acidic, red; basic, cyan; hydroxyl side chain, green; aromatic (yellow). Invariant tripeptides flanking the dodecamers are italicized.
Average hydropathy score are based on the Kyte and Doolittle scale.53 Positive scores denote hydrophobic sequences while negative scores denote hydrophilic sequences. The higher (respectively, lower) the score, the more hydrophobic (respectively, hydrophilic) the sequence is.