Contact Order (CO) is defined as the average sequence separation between contacting residues in the native state.
Absolute contact orders are calculated using
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Relative contact orders can be calculated from absolute contact orders, using the formula:
rel. CO = (abs. CO/length of sequence)*100.
Plaxco, K. W. et al (1998). Contact order, transition state placement, and the refolding rates of single domain proteins.
J. Mol. Biol. 277, 985-994
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