Figure 7.

Electrostatic properties of DBPs and MBPs in large data sets. For 118 DBPs, 78 MBPs, and 121 homo- and heterodimeric proteins (control), the Protein Dipole Moment Server (78) was used to calculate the following: (A) net charge per residue, (B) positive charge per residue, and (C) dipole moment per residue. The mean dipole moments, the mean net charge, and the mean number of positive charges per residue are higher for the DBPs than for the MBPs. The mean number of positive charges is higher for MBPs compared with the control proteins. To see this figure in color, go online.