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Table 5 Correlation between physical properties and the first discriminant function Brief descriptions of 49 selected physico-chemical, energetic and conformational properties, their correlation coefficient with the first discriminate function, and q-value. Asterisks in the last column shows q-value is less than 5%

From: Application of amino acid occurrence for discriminating different folding types of globular proteins

No.

Description

Corr. Coef.

q-value [%]

q ≤ 5%

1.

Compressibility

0.04

38.6

 

2.

Thermodynamic transfer hydrophobicity

0.54

1.9

*

3.

Surrounding hydrophobicity

0.74

0.4

*

4.

Polarity

0.36

9.2

 

5.

Isoelectric point

0.02

41.2

 

6.

Equilibrium constant with reference to the ionization property

0.01

41.7

 

7.

Molecular weight

0.06

38.4

 

8.

Bulkiness

0.49

3.0

*

9.

Chromatographic index

0.51

2.7

*

10.

Refractive index

0.36

9.2

 

11.

Normalized consensus hydrophobicity

0.48

3.4

*

12.

Short and medium range non-bonded energy

0.11

32.7

 

13.

Long-range non-bonded energy

0.65

0.7

*

14.

Total non-bonded energy

0.57

1.5

*

15.

Alpha-helical tendency

0.29

14.1

 

16.

Beta-helical tendency

0.63

0.8

*

17.

Turn tendency

0.61

0.9

*

18.

Coil tendency

0.60

1.1

*

19.

Helical contact area

0.20

23.0

 

20.

Mean rms fluctuational displacement

0.57

1.5

*

21.

Buriedness

0.63

0.8

*

22.

Solvent accessible reduction ratio

0.70

0.4

*

23.

Average number of surrounding residues

0.72

0.4

*

24.

Power to be at the N-terminal of alpha helix

0.57

1.5

*

25.

Power to be at the C-terminal of alpha helix

0.18

26.4

 

26.

Power to be at the middle of alpha helix

0.05

38.6

 

27.

Partial-specific volume

0.25

18.8

 

28.

Average medium-range contacts

0.11

32.7

 

29.

Average long-range contacts

0.65

0.7

*

30.

Combined surrounding hydrophobicity (globular and membrane)

0.69

0.4

*

31.

Solvent accessible surface area for denatured protein

0.12

32.7

 

32.

Solvent accessible surface area for native protein

0.52

2.5

*

33.

Solvent accessible surface area for protein unfolding

0.47

3.7

*

34.

Gibbs free energy change of hydration for unfolding

0.30

14.1

 

35.

Gibbs free energy change of hydration for denatured protein

0.40

7.3

 

36.

Gibbs free energy change of hydration for native protein

0.46

4.1

*

37.

Unfolding enthalpy change of hydration

0.05

38.6

 

38.

Unfolding entropy change of hydration

0.37

8.9

 

39.

Unfolding hydration heat capacity change

0.54

1.9

*

40.

Unfolding Gibbs free energy change of chain

0.16

27.6

 

41.

Unfolding enthalpy change of chain

0.22

21.7

 

42.

Unfolding entropy change of chain

0.44

4.7

*

43.

Unfolding Gibbs free energy change

0.33

11.0

 

44.

Unfolding enthalpy change

0.35

10.2

 

45.

Unfolding entropy change

0.34

10.3

 

46.

Volume (number of non-hydrogen side chain atoms)

0.11

32.7

 

47.

Shape (position of branch point in a side-chain)

0.10

32.8

 

48.

Flexibility (number of side-chain dihedral angles)

0.24

19.5

 

49.

Backbone dihedral probability

0.51

2.5

*