R: Compute the hydrophobicity index of a protein sequence

hydrophobicity {Peptides} | R Documentation

## Compute the hydrophobicity index of a protein sequence

### Description

This function calculates the GRAVY hydrophobicity index of an amino acids sequence using one of the 38 scales from different sources.

### Usage

    hydrophobicity(seq, scale = "KyteDoolittle")

### Arguments

`seq` | An amino-acids sequence
`scale` | A character string specifying the hydophobicity scale to be used; must be one of `"Aboderin"`, `"AbrahamLeo"`, `"Argos"`, `"BlackMould"`, `"BullBreese"`, `"Casari"`, `"Chothia"`, `"Cid"`, `"Cowan3.4"`, `"Cowan7.5"`, `"Eisenberg"`, `"Engelman"`, `"Fasman"`, `"Fauchere"`, `"Goldsack"`, `"Guy"`, `"HoppWoods"`, `"Janin"`, `"Jones"`, `"Juretic"`, `"Kidera"`, `"Kuhn"`, `"KyteDoolittle"`, `"Levitt"`, `"Manavalan"`, `"Miyazawa"`, `"Parker"`, `"Ponnuswamy"`, `"Prabhakaran"`, `"Rao"`, `"Rose"`, `"Roseman"`, `"Sweet"`, `"Tanford"`, `"Welling"`, `"Wilson"`, `"Wolfenden"`, `"Zimmerman"`, `"interfaceScale_pH8"`, `"interfaceScale_pH2"`, `"octanolScale_pH8"`, `"octanolScale_pH2"`, `"oiScale_pH8"` or `"oiScale_pH2"`.

### Details

The hydrophobicity is an important stabilization force in protein folding; this force changes depending on the solvent in which the protein is found. The hydrophobicity index is calculated adding the hydrophobicity of individual amino acids and dividing this value by the length of the sequence.

### Value

The computed GRAVY index for a given amino-acid sequence

### References

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### Examples

    # COMPARED TO GRAVY Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) ExPASy
    # http://web.expasy.org/cgi-bin/protparam/protparam
    # SEQUENCE: QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC
    # GRAVY: -0.950

    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Aboderin")
    #[1] 3.84
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "AbrahamLeo")
    #[1] 0.092
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Argos")
    #[1] 1.033
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "BlackMould")
    #[1] 0.50125
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "BullBreese")
    #[1] 0.1575
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Casari")
    #[1] 0.38
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Chothia")
    #[1] 0.262
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Cid")
    #[1] 0.198
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Cowan3.4")
    #[1] 0.0845
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Cowan7.5")
    #[1] 0.0605
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Eisenberg")
    #[1] -0.3265
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Engelman")
    #[1] 2.31
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Fasman")
    #[1] -1.2905
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Fauchere")
    #[1] 0.527
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Goldsack")
    #[1] 1.2245
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Guy")
    #[1] 0.193
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "HoppWoods")
    #[1] -0.14
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Janin")
    #[1] -0.105
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Jones")
    #[1] 1.4675
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Juretic")
    #[1] -1.106
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Kidera")
    #[1] -0.0405
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Kuhn")
    #[1] 0.9155
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "KyteDoolittle")
    #[1] -0.95
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Levitt")
    #[1] -0.21
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Manavalan")
    #[1] 13.0445
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Miyazawa")
    #[1] 5.739
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Parker")
    #[1] 1.095
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Ponnuswamy")
    #[1] 0.851
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Prabhakaran")
    #[1] 9.67
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Rao")
    #[1] 0.813
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Rose")
    #[1] 0.7575
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Roseman")
    #[1] -0.495
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Sweet")
    #[1] -0.1135
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Tanford")
    #[1] -0.2905
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Welling")
    #[1] -0.666
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Wilson")
    #[1] 3.16
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Wolfenden")
    #[1] -6.307
    hydrophobicity(seq = "QWGRRCCGWGPGRRYCVRWC",scale = "Zimmerman")
    #[1] 0.943

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