Re: CCL:helix dipole

From: Rafael N Szeinfeld <szeinfel.,at,.fox.cce.usp.br>
Subject: Re: CCL:helix dipole
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 09:14:41 -0300 (BDT)

 On Tue, 19 Apr 1994, Margaret Wong wrote:
 >
 > Dear Networkers
 >
 > Is there any way to calculate the dipole on a helix
 > in a protein.  Several papers I have read recently talk
 > about the importance of the helix-dipole but none quantify
 > this value.
 >
 >
 > THANKS
 >
 >
 > Margaret Wong
 >
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 	For each pair of opposite charges in the helix you have a dipole
 momentum vector that points from the positive to the negative charge so I
 suppose the total dipole momenta vector of that helix will be the
 vectorial sum of all these vectors. How to calculate it in practice (that
 is, if there are approximation methods or computer algorhitms) I don't know.
 	Hope this help.
 			Rafael Najmanovich