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Table 1 Abbreviations, Eisenberg hydropathy (EIS) value, side-chain volume (SCV), side-chain pKa and formal charge on the side-chain for amino acids.

From: Polymorphism in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistance transporter protein links verapamil enhancement of chloroquine sensitivity with the clinical efficacy of amodiaquine

Amino-acid

EIS hydropathy (log scale)

side-chain volume Ã…3

side-chain pKa

formal side-chain charge (pH 7.0)

A ala

0.25

156.55

 

0

C cys

0.04

219.43

8.33

0

D asp

-0.72

232.12

3.86

-1

E glu

-0.62

284.70

4.25

-1

F phe

0.61

382.16

 

0

G gly

0.16

85.18

 

0

H his

-0.40

334.84

6.0

+1

I ile

0.73

313.43

 

0

K lys

-1.10

366.25

10.28

+1

L leu

0.53

315.53

 

0

M met

0.26

327.41

 

0

N asn

-0.64

256.12

 

0

P pro

-0.07

ND

 

0

Q gln

-0.69

308.35

 

0

R arg

-1.80

421.32

12.48

+1

S ser

-0.26

183.07

 

0

T thr

-0.18

238.55

 

0

V val

0.54

267.78

 

0

W trp

0.37

462.28

 

0

Y tyr

0.02

407.07

10.07

0