Cooperativity in hydrogen bonding has been repeatedly invoked in the literature. Very often a distinction is made between the association constant for the “dimer” formation and the corresponding constant for the formation of association complexes beyond dimer. This work examines this cooperativity hypothesis and proposes a straightforward manner of integrating it in the framework of the lattice...

Iodinated glycopeptides (50 to 200 x lo3 cpm/pmol) have been utilized to examine the structural determinants affecting interaction with the saccharide binding site of concanavalin A by Scatchard plot analyses of saturation curves. Glycopeptides with association constants in the range of 4.5 X 10’ M-’ and 25 X 10’ Mm1 are retained by concanavalin A-Sepharose while glycopeptides with association ...

the density (d), speed of sound (u) and electrolytic conductivity (λ) for systems containing acetaminophen, ionic liquid {1-octyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromide, [omim] br} and water have been measured at t = 293.15-308.15 k. the measured data have been applied to calculate, standard partial molar volume ( ), hepler’s constant , apparent molar isentropic compressibility (kφ), transfer volume ( ),...

The wheat germ eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 4F binds tightly to the mRNA internal ribosome entry site (IRES) of tobacco etch virus (TEV) to promote translation initiation. When eIF4F is limiting, TEV is preferentially translated compared with host cell mRNA. To gain insight into the dynamic process of protein synthesis initiation and the mechanism of binding, the kinetics of e...

The host-guest complexation between an Alexa 488 labelled adamantane derivative and beta-cyclodextrin is studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS). A 1:1 complex stoichiometry and a high association equilibrium constant of K = 5.2 x 10(4) M(-1) are obtained in aqueous solution at 25 degrees C and pH = 6. The necessary experimental conditions are discussed. FCS proves to be an excel...

The kinetics of association and dissociation for the ouabain-Na+,K+-dependent ATPase complex have been studied in intact turkey erythrocytes as a function of external Na+ concentration, K+ concentration, and temperature. At free ligand concentrations substantially exceeding the concentration of available binding sites, the association reaction exhibits pseudo-first-order kinetics with an associ...

In cellular environments, two protein molecules on their way to form a specific complex encounter many bystander macromolecules. The latter molecules, or crowders, affect both the energetics of the interaction between the test molecules and the dynamics of their relative motion. In earlier work (Zhou and Szabo 1991 J. Chem. Phys. 95 5948-52), it has been shown that, in modeling the association ...

The formation of the antibody variable domain binding unit (Fv) is the net result of three competing assembly reactions. The affinities of concurrent homologous interactions of heavy and light chain variable domains limits the heterologous interaction leading to productive formation of the Fv. To address the possible role of light chain dimerization in this phenomenon, the Gln38 residue at the ...