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In the present report, we characterized inter-residue interactions in \u03b1-helical membrane proteins using a dataset of 3462 TM helices from 430 proteins. This is by far the largest analysis published to date.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our analysis of residue\u2013residue interactions in TM segments of membrane proteins shows that almost all interactions involve aliphatic residues and Phe. There is lack of polar\u2013polar, polar\u2013charged and charged\u2013charged interactions except for those between Thr or Ser sidechains and the backbone carbonyl of aliphatic and Phe residues. The results are discussed in the context of the preferences of amino acids to be in the protein core or exposed to the lipid bilayer and to occupy specific positions along the TM segment. Comparison to datasets of \u03b2-barrel membrane proteins and of \u03b1-helical globular proteins unveils the specific patterns of interactions and residue composition characteristic of \u03b1-helical membrane proteins that are the clue to understanding their structure.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Availability and implementation<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Results data and datasets used are available at http:\/\/lmc.uab.cat\/TMalphaDB\/interactions.php.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Supplementary information<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/bty978","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,18]],"date-time":"2018-12-18T02:42:57Z","timestamp":1545100977000},"page":"2578-2584","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Inter-residue interactions in alpha-helical transmembrane proteins"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Eduardo","family":"Mayol","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratori de Medicina Computacional, Unitat de Bioestad\u00edstica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain"}]},{"given":"Mercedes","family":"Campillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratori de Medicina Computacional, Unitat de Bioestad\u00edstica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain"}]},{"given":"Arnau","family":"Cordom\u00ed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratori de Medicina Computacional, Unitat de Bioestad\u00edstica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain"}]},{"given":"Mireia","family":"Olivella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bioinformatics Area, School of International Studies, ESCI-UPF, Barcelona, Spain"},{"name":"Bioinformatics and Medical Statistics Group, U Science Tech, Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Barcelona, Spain"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023062713152353200_bty978-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"199","DOI":"10.1007\/s00249-012-0813-9","article-title":"Structure-based statistical analysis of transmembrane helices","volume":"42","author":"Baeza-Delgado","year":"2013","journal-title":"Eur. 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