Descriptors of ISA-ECI for 20 coded amino acids.
AA Abbr. ISA a ECI b
Ala A 62.90 0.05
Arg R 52.98 1.69
Asn N 17.87 1.31
Asp D 18.46 1.25
Cys C 78.51 0.15
Gln Q 19.53 1.36
Glu E 30.19 1.31
Gly G 19.93 0.02
His H 87.38 0.56
Ile I 149.77 0.09
Leu L 154.35 0.10
Lys K 102.78 0.53
Met M 132.22 0.34
Phe F 189.42 0.14
Pro P 122.35 0.16
Ser S 19.75 0.56
Thr T 59.44 0.65
Trp W 179.16 1.08
Tyr Y 132.16 0.72
Val V 120.91 0.07
a The isotropic surface area (ISA) approximates the hydrophobic character of the side chain substituent;
b The electronic charge index (ECI) is a measure of the charge concentration of the amino acid. Each residue was described by a combination of ISA and ECI descriptors.
References [1] E. R. Collantes, W. J. Dunn, 3rd, Amino acid side chain descriptors for quantitative structure-activity relationship studies of peptide analogues, J. Med. Chem., 38 (1995) 2705-2713.