Table 3

Characteristics of sequences implicated in lipid binding. The isolelectric point for the isolated peptide was calculated and the percent alpha-helix determined from the relevant crystal structure. The symbols for electrically positive residues are underlined (); those corresponding to electrically negative residues are underlined (). The characters under the amino acid sequence refer to the secondary structure; H = helix, T = hydrogen-bonded turn, S = bend, E = extended beta-strand, and B = residue in isolated beta-bridge. Residues 401–406 (KKKKSK) are not present in talin crystal structures. Helical residues are underlined ().

Protein
Residues
Sequence
Number Residues
Isoelectric Point
Helix Content
Sequence Site in Protein

α-actinin
281–300

20
4.49
15/20 (75%)
Helices 1–2

720–739

20
4.66
16/20 (80%)
Carboxyl-terminal portion of Helix 16
Arp2
185–202

18
10.0
13/18 (72%)
Helix 1 of Actin-like Subdomain 4
CapZβ-1
134–151

18
9.62
0/18 (0%)
Contains portion of β strand 6

215–232

18
4.49
18/18 (100%)
Helix 5
Talin
385–406

22
8.61
9/22 (41%)
Helix 5 of Subdomain F3 of Talin-H
Vinculin
935–978

44
9.73
31/44 (70%)
Domain 5, Helices 2–3 + amino-terminal portion of Helix 4








1020–1040

21
4.47
20/21 (95%)
Domain 5, Helix 5

1052–1066

15


Hairpin [122]

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