Partition of N-Acetyl Amino Acid Amides Between Octanol and Water

Amino Acid V (cm3/mol) A (Angstroms2) transfer free energy (kcal/mol)
uncorrected size corrected
Ala 231 347 -2.08 2.03
Arg 318 468 -3.88 1.78
Asn 264 379 -3.29 1.40
Asp 261 378 -3.55 1.09
Cys 258 360 -0.40 4.19
Gln 297 408 -2.80 2.48
Glu 290 405 -3.37 1.78
Gly 198 323 -2.50 1.01
His 297 432 -2.32 2.95
Ile 332 402 -0.04 5.87
Leu 341 399 -0.18 5.89
Lys 329 445 -3.85 2.01
Met 316 425 -0.82 4.80
Phe 342 429 -0.05 6.03
Ser 233 352 -2.55 1.59
Thr 263 370 -2.14 2.53
Trp 369 470 0.57 7.14
Tyr 342 447 -1.19 4.90
Val 300 375 -0.83 4.51
Pro 300 364 -1.83 3.51

Accessible area (A), Molar Volume (V)

Comparison of Mutant Protein Unfolding Energies and Solvent Partition Energies

Mutation

changes in protein stability (kcal/mol)

MBM Lysozyme KNF barnase SSM staph. nuclease
Ile to Val 0.4 0.9-1.4 .
Ile to Ala 0.7 3.3-4.2 3.6
Ile to Gly . . 4.7
Leu to Ala . . 3.1
Leu to Gly . . 4.4
Val ot Ala 0.3 2.4-2.8 2.4
Val to Gly . . 4.3
Met to Ala . . 2.5
Met to Gly   . 3.4
Phe to Ala . . 3.3
Phe to Gly . . 5.2
Tyr to Ala . . 2.7
Tyr to Gly .   3.4

 

Mutation

solvent transfer free energy (kcal/mol)

uncorrected

corrected

o to w c  to w o to w c to w
Ile to Val 0.79 0.88 1.36 1.41
Ile to Ala 2.04 3.11 3.84 4.81
Ile to Gly 2.46 3.98 4.85 6.23
Leu to Ala 1.90 3.11 3.87 4.96
Leu to Gly 2.32 3.98 4.88 6.39
Val ot Ala 1.24 2.23 2.48 3.40
Val to Gly 1.67 3.10 3.49 4.82
Met to Ala 1.26 0.54 2.77 1.96
Met to Gly 1.68 1.41 3.78 3.39
Phe to Ala 2.02 1.17 4.00 3.03
Phe to Gly 2.45 2.04 5.02 4.46
Tyr to Ala 0.89 -1.95 2.87 -0.09
Tyr to Gly 1.31 -1.08 3.88 1.34

octanol (O), water (W), cyclohexane (C)

Hoenig et al. Biochemistry, 30, No. 40 (1991)