Descriptors of Z-scales for 20 coded amino acids.
AA Abbr. Z1 a Z2 Z3
Ala A 0.07 -1.73 0.09
Arg R 2.88 2.52 -3.44
Asn N 3.22 1.45 0.84
Asp D 3.64 1.13 2.36
Cys C 0.71 -0.97 4.13
Gln Q 2.18 0.53 -1.14
Glu E 3.08 0.39 -0.07
Gly G 2.23 -5.36 0.30
His H 2.41 1.74 1.11
Ile I -4.44 -1.68 -1.03
Leu L -4.19 -1.03 -0.98
Lys K 2.84 1.41 -3.14
Met M -2.49 -0.27 -0.41
Phe F -4.92 1.30 0.45
Pro P -1.22 0.88 2.23
Ser S 1.96 -1.63 0.57
Thr T 0.92 -2.09 -1.40
Trp W -4.75 3.65 0.85
Tyr Y -1.39 2.32 0.01
Val V -2.69 -2.53 -1.29
a The 3 principal component scores are derived from PCA of a matrix of 29 physicochemical variables for 20 coded amino acid are related to hydrophilicity (z1), bulk (z2), and electronic properties (z3).
References [1] S. Hellberg, M. Sjostrom, B. Skagerberg, S. Wold, Peptide Quantitative structure-activity-relationships, a multivariate approach, J. Med. Chem., 30 (1987) 1126-1135.