Sorry. I may have been unclear. H-bonds are actually a subset of dipole interactions.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 1:57 PM Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D. < danielmhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > By the way, distinguishing between dipole and ionic (salt bridge) > interactions could > be a slippery slope, because which one you have sometimes depends on the > protonation > state of the protein(s), which is pH dependent. > > -Daniel > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 1:31 PM Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D. < > danielmhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Sheila, >> >> Hydrogen bonds, ionic (i.e. salt bridge), and polar (dipole) interactions >> are often collectively called >> electrostatic interactions. Note that dipole interactions involve >> partial charges. If you want to exclude >> dipole interactions, you have say so specifically in your manuscript. >> Non-bonded interactions include >> both electrostatic and van der Waals contacts (where hydrophobic >> interactions result from van der Waals >> forces in an aqueous environment). Water can also interact with dipoles >> (partial charges), so it would >> NOT be correct to use the term "hydrophilic" if you were excluding >> dipolar interactions. >> >> -Daniel >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:17 PM Sheila Boreiko < >> sheila_bore...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I had some literature search, but could not find clearly. Would >>> there be an appropriate term to call the sum of hydrogen bonds (HB) and >>> salt bridges (SB)? What about "hydrophilic interactions" or "polar >>> interactions"? I am analyzing the different number of theses interactions >>> in different monomers of my protein, as a totality I wanted to cite >>> (compare) the number of HB + SB, yet I think to specify them separately >>> could take out some focus of the discussion. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> >>> Sheila >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >>> >> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
