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Table 2 Classification of amino acids

From: Prediction of protein-RNA residue-base contacts using two-dimensional conditional random field with the lasso

# groups

classification of amino acids

2

MLVICGATSPFYW/DENQRKH

4

MLVIC/GATSP/FYW/DENQRKH

8

MLVIC/GA/TS/P/FYW/DENQ/RK/H

10

MLVI/C/G/A/TS/P/FYW/DENQ/RK/H

15

MLVI/C/G/A/T/S/P/FY/W/D/E/N/Q/RK/H

  1. Classification of amino acids by Murphy et al. [34]. The two groups are classified by the hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties of amino acid side-chains. The group of (FYW) is aromatic hydrophobic, (TS), (DENQ), and (RK) are polar.