* Color scheme for logos of proteins (for the MakeLogo program). * The colors are based on the divisions discussed on the usenet * and given to me by Irit Orr. Modification according to division of Joel * Sussman. The differences from Sussman's division are - * Met in a group by itself (not with Pro), Ala with hydrophobic (not with Gly), * Tyr with aromatics (not with Asn and Gln), His with Arg and Lys (not by * itself), and charged aa separated to positive and negative. * Shmuel Pietrokovski. June 94' * * Red for acidic amino acids; Glu, Asp D 1 0 0 d 1 0 0 E 1 0 0 e 1 0 0 * *Blue for basic amino acids; Lys, Arg, His K 0 0 1 k 0 0 1 R 0 0 1 r 0 0 1 H 0 0 1 h 0 0 1 * *White for polar OH/SH amino acids; Ser, Thr, Cys * White would not be seen onthe background so it is light grey C 0.8 0.8 0.8 c 0.8 0.8 0.8 S 0.8 0.8 0.8 s 0.8 0.8 0.8 T 0.8 0.8 0.8 t 0.8 0.8 0.8 * *Green for amide amino acids; Asn and Gln N 0 0.8 0.4 n 0 0.8 0.4 Q 0 0.8 0.4 q 0 0.8 0.4 * *Yellow (sulphur) for Metionine M 1 0.9 0 m 1 0.9 0 * *Black for hydrophobic amino acids; Ala, Val, Leu, Ile *(Black is the opposite of white and so if white is for hydrophilic *hydroxyl amino acids black is a natural for hydrophobic ones) *A *a *V *v *L *l *I *i * *Orange for aromatic amino acids; Tyr, Phe, Trp *(since "orange" sounds a little like "aromatic" and *oranges are aromatic (if that suits you better)) Y 1 0.6 0 y 1 0.6 0 F 1 0.6 0 f 1 0.6 0 W 1 0.6 0 w 1 0.6 0 * *Purple for proline; Pro *(since both have "prl" in them) P 0.7 0 1 p 0.7 0 1 * *Grey for glycine; Gly *(since both start with "g" and grey is sort of blah-like glycine) G 0.5 0.5 0.5 g 0.5 0.5 0.5 * *All other letters light blue so they would stand out B 0 1 1 b 0 1 1 J 0 1 1 j 0 1 1 O 0 1 1 o 0 1 1 U 0 1 1 u 0 1 1 X 0 1 1 x 0 1 1 Z 0 1 1 z 0 1 1