Helix Dipole

From: gerard -x- at -x- scripps.edu (Gerard Jensen)
Subject: Helix Dipole
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:57:31 -0700
 Dear Net-people,
 In response to:
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 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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 In response to the above, fewer and fewer people I think believe in
 the so-called macrodipole anymore.  A nice alternative was presented
 by Aqvist and Warshel cited below.
  AQVIST J; LUECKE H; QUIOCHO FA; WARSHEL A.
       DIPOLES LOCALIZED AT HELIX TERMINI OF PROTEINS STABILIZE CHARGES.
       PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF
     AMERICA, 1991 MAR, V88 N5:2026-2030.
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