Published October 13, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Amino-acid sequences of proteins as autocorrelated series

  • 1. International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Naples (Italy)
  • 2. Naples Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Fisica della Facolta di Ingegneria
  • 3. Naples Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Fisica Sperimentale

Description

A statistical method for the analysis of the autocorrelation characteristics of the amino-acid sequences of polypeptides, considered as a whole, is presented. In order to investigate the correlation effects, it is taken advantage of the Rank test and construct the correlograms for a pool of proteins with known secondary structure by using the previously determined alpha-helical, beta-sheet and random coil potentials. It has been found that the amino acid sequences of proteins analysed as a whole are autocorrelated, and that all the analysed proteins have at least an autocorrelation order ranging between 1 and 4 due to secondary-structure effects

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Lett. Nuovo Cim.
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
7
Series
Lett. Nuovo Cim.
Journal Page Range
218-222
ISSN
0024-1318
CODEN
NCLTA

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
Italy
INIS RN
17006238
Subject category
S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
AMINO ACIDS; DNA; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDES; RADIATIONS