So...
For the most hydrophobic residue, so far we have:
I, L, F
For the most hydrophilic/least hydrophobic residue, so far we have:
N, D (with a question about whether the charged or
uncharged form is the more hydrophobic)
I won't give an answer to my third question yet - I'm hoping that
one of the people who've e-mailed me privately about this will
post that. I don't want to spoil the surprise, but I will say it's
neither N nor D...
I won't make any comments on the choices my self at the moment.
Some good questions have been raised that I don't think have been
answered yet... these include:
Are charged residues more or less hydrophilic than uncharged residues?
How do hydrophobicities of aliphatic and aromatic compounds compare?
Keep going everyone!
-- Simon
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