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====Hydrophobic/Polar====
====Hydrophobic/Polar====


Most of the views under the ''Views'' tab will be informative. Particularly important is the ''Hydrophobic/Polar'' view. Soluble proteins should not have large areas (> ~ 15 Å across) of hydrophobic surface. Polar residues should be sprinkled over the entire surface. An exception is lipases, e.g. [[1lpm]], where the pocket at the catalytic site is hydrophobic.
Most of the views under the ''Views'' tab will be informative. Particularly important is the ''Hydrophobic/Polar'' view. Soluble proteins should not have large areas (> ~ 15 Å across) of hydrophobic surface. Polar residues should be sprinkled over the entire surface. An exception is lipases, e.g. [[1lpm]], where the pocket at the catalytic site is hydrophobic. Other exceptions would, of course, be insoluble proteins, such as integral or trans-membrane proteins, e.g. [[1bl8]], [[7ahl]].
 
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Hydrophilic surface of a protein (1lpm).
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Hydrophobic catalytic face of lipase (1lpm).
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{{Template:ColorKey_Hydrophobic}},  {{Template:ColorKey_Polar}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==