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Two proteins bind to the same ligand with the following Kd's.

Protein 1: 10 μΜ
Protein 2: 100 nM

Which protein would be bound to more ligand at a ligand concentration of 10 μM? (Assume a limiting concentration of each protein)


 

 

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Dissociation concentration

Consider the following reaction: 

P + L k2k1 PL 

where P is the protein, L is the ligand and k1 and k2 are rate constants.

Ka is the equilibrium constant also known as the Association Constant

Ka = k1/k2 = [PL] / [P] [L]    ...EQ1

The reciprocal of the association constant is Dissociation Constant, denoted by Kd

Kd = 1/Ka

     = [P] [L] / [PL]

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