By the way, distinguishing between dipole and ionic (salt bridge) interactions could be a slippery slope, because which one you have sometimes depends on the protonation state of the protein(s), which is pH dependent.
-Daniel On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 1:31 PM Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D. < danielmhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sheila, > > Hydrogen bonds, ionic (i.e. salt bridge), and polar (dipole) interactions > are often collectively called > electrostatic interactions. Note that dipole interactions involve partial > charges. If you want to exclude > dipole interactions, you have say so specifically in your manuscript. > Non-bonded interactions include > both electrostatic and van der Waals contacts (where hydrophobic > interactions result from van der Waals > forces in an aqueous environment). Water can also interact with dipoles > (partial charges), so it would > NOT be correct to use the term "hydrophilic" if you were excluding dipolar > interactions. > > -Daniel > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:17 PM Sheila Boreiko <sheila_bore...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I had some literature search, but could not find clearly. Would >> there be an appropriate term to call the sum of hydrogen bonds (HB) and >> salt bridges (SB)? What about "hydrophilic interactions" or "polar >> interactions"? I am analyzing the different number of theses interactions >> in different monomers of my protein, as a totality I wanted to cite >> (compare) the number of HB + SB, yet I think to specify them separately >> could take out some focus of the discussion. >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> Sheila >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >> > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
