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Table 3 Improved, calculated and inverted hydrophobicity scales

From: 50 years of amino acid hydrophobicity scales: revisiting the capacity for peptide classification

 

ID

Year

Author

Scale

Ref.

Improved

65

1968

Zimmerman

ZIMJ680101

[36]

54

1971

Tanford and Nozaki

NOZY710101

[37]

29

1975

Jones

JONES

[35]

63

1975

Jones

JOND750101

[35]

78

1976

Levitt

LEVIT

[44]

27

1982

Kyte and Doolittle

KYTJ820101

[38]

12

1983

Sweet and Eisenberg

SWER830101

[42]

83

1983

Sweet and Eisenberg

SWEET

[42]

3

1984

Eisenberg

ESID840101

[45]

51

1984

Eisenberg

EISEN

[45]

47

1985

Guy

GUYH850101

[46]

74

1985

Guy

GUYFE

[46]

80

1985

Rose

ROSEF

[47]

57

1985

Rose

ROSG850102

[47]

82

1987

Cornette

NNEIG

[41]

41

1989

Cohen and Kuntz

COHEN

[48]

44

1998

Juretic

MDK0

[22]

45

1998

Juretic

MDK1

[22]

24

1998

Juretic

JURD980101

[22]

89

2005

Zviling

SET1

[12]

90

2005

Zviling

SET2

[12]

91

2005

Zviling

SET3

[12]

Calculated

38

1976

Chothia

CHOTA

[49]

50

1976

Chothia

CHOC760103

[49]

75

1976

Chothia

CHOTH

[49]

72

1980

Ponnuswamy

PONNU

[8]

81

1983

Sweet and Eisenberg

Sweet and Eisenberg

[41]

36

1985

Kidera

KIDER

[50]

39

1985

Rose

ROSEB

[47]

55

1985

Welling

Welling

[51]

53

1986

Rao and Argos

Rao and Argos

[52]

70

1989

Fasman

FASG890101

[48]

79

1989

Fasman

GIBRA

[48]

Inverted

92

1973

Bull and Breese

BULDG reverse

[53]

64

1976

Levitt

LEVM760101 reverse

[54]

95

2001

Bishop

Bishop reverse

[55]

59

1996

Wimley and White

Wimley reverse

[56]

94

1985

Welling

Welling reverse

[51]

26

1986

Engelman

ENGD860101 reverse

[39]

40

1985

Rose

ROSEA reverse

[47]

21

1995

Wilce

WILM950103 reverse

[7]

23

1995

Kuhn

KUHL950101 reverse

[57]

11

1990

Prabhakaran

PRAM900101 reverse

[58]

96

1989

Fasman

FASG890101 reverse

[48]

93

1985

Guy

GUYH850101 reverse

[46]

25

1985

Kidera

KIDA850101 reverse

[50]

98

1988

Roseman

ROSM880102 reverse

[59]

88

1988

Roseman

ROSM880103 reverse

[59]

97

1988

Roseman

ROSM880101 reverse

[59]

84

1981

Wolfenden

WOLR810101 reverse

[60]

  1. Shown are the category of the scale (column 1), the ID of the hydrophobicity scale (column 2) the year of the publishing (column 3), the name of the authors (column 4) and the name of the scale (column 5)