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Table 1 Mapping from amino acids to MIDI pitch numbers using GES score [22]

From: Using sound to understand protein sequence data: new sonification algorithms for protein sequences and multiple sequence alignments

Code

Amino-acid

GES score

Increment

MIDI number

Amino acid pitch mapping

F

Phenylalanine

− 3.7

 

50

M

Methionine

− 3.4

0.3

51

I

Isoleucine

− 3.1

0.3

52

L

Leucine

− 2.8

0.3

53

V

Valine

− 2.6

0.2

54

C

Cysteine

− 2

0.6

55

W

Tryptophan

− 1.9

0.1

56

A

Alanine

− 1.6

0.3

57

T

Threonine

− 1.2

0.4

58

G

Glycine

− 1

0.2

59

S

Serine

− 0.6

0.4

60

P

Proline

0.2

0.8

61

Y

Tyrosine

0.7

0.5

62

H

Histidine

3

2.3

65

Q

Glutamine

4.1

1.1

66

N

Asparagine

4.8

0.7

67

E

Glutamate

8.2

3.4

71

K

Lysine

8.8

0.6

72

D

Aspartate

9.2

0.4

73

R

Arginine

12.3

3.1

77

  1. Used in Algorithms I, III, and V