Exact analysis of ligand-induced dimerization of monomeric receptors

  • Eric T. Mack
  • , Raquel Perez-Castillejos
  • , Zhigang Suo
  • , George M. Whitesides

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the equilibria involved in the dimerization of monomelic receptors with homo-bifunctional ligands. We provide analytical expressions that can be used to estimate the concentration of each species present in a mixture of homo-bifunctional ligand and monomelic proteins, given initial conditions defining the total concentration of bivalent ligand [L 2]0, the total concentration of protein [P]0, one dissociation constant Kd, and a parameter to account for cooperativity α. We demonstrate that the fraction of protein present in a complex of two proteins and one bivalent ligand (P·L2· P) is maximized at [L2]0 = Kd/2 + [P] 0/2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5550-5555
Number of pages6
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume80
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2008

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