Wenxiang: a web-server for drawing wenxiang diagrams

• 作者: Kuo-Chen Chou Wei-Zhong Lin Xuan Xiao
• 来源期刊: 自然科学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 化学
• 关键词: AMPHIPHILIC HELIX Helix-Helix Interaction Hydrophobic HYDROPHILIC 2D DIAGRAM Wenxiang DIAGRAM Helical Wheel DIAGRAM
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（10）
• 页码范围: 862-865
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: O6

摘要

The wenxiang diagram was proposed to represent α-helices in a 2D (two dimensional) space (Chou, K.C., Zhang, C.T., Maggiora, G.M. Proteins: Struct., Funct., Genet., 1997, 28, 99-108). It has the capacity to provide more information in a 2D plane about each of the constituent amino acid residues in an α-helix, and is particularly useful for studying and analyzing amphiphilic helices. To meet the increasing requests for getting the program of generating wenxiang diagrams, a user-friendly web-server called “Wenxiang” has been established. It is accessible to the public at the web-site http://www.jci-bioinfo.cn/wenxiang2 or http://icpr.jci.edu.cn/bioinfo/wenxiang2. Further- more, for the convenience of users, here we provide a step-to-step guide for how to use the Wenxiang web-server to generate the desired wenxiang diagrams.