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hydrophobic moment: a standalone construct

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Biochemistry

a vector sum of residue hydrophobicities around a helix that measures how strongly one face is hydrophobic and the other polar.

In biochemistry, hydrophobic moment refers to a vector sum of residue hydrophobicities around a helix that measures how strongly one face is hydrophobic and the other polar. This meaning comes from Eisenberg (1982) in Nature.[1]

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References

  1. Eisenberg, D., Weiss, R. M., & Terwilliger, T. C. (1982). The helical hydrophobic moment: a measure of the amphiphilicity of a helix. Nature, 299(5881), 371-374. https://doi.org/10.1038/299371a0

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