ProtScale Tool

Amino acid scale: Mean fractional area loss (f) [average area buried/standard state area].

Author(s): Rose G.D., Geselowitz A.R., Lesser G.J., Lee R.H., Zehfus M.H.

Reference: Science 229:834-838(1985).

Amino acid scale values:

Ala:  0.740  

Arg:  0.640  

Asn:  0.630  

Asp:  0.620  

Cys:  0.910  

Gln:  0.620  

Glu:  0.620  

Gly:  0.720  

His:  0.780  

Ile:  0.880  

Leu:  0.850  

Lys:  0.520  

Met:  0.850  

Phe:  0.880  

Pro:  0.640  

Ser:  0.660  

Thr:  0.700  

Trp:  0.850  

Tyr:  0.760  

Val:  0.860  

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