The binding of sodium n-dodecyl sulphate (SDS) to Aspergillus niger catalase in various ionic strengths at pH 6.4 and a temperature of 27? and 37?C has been studied over a range of SDS concentrations using equilibrium dialysis and fluorescence spectroscopy techniques. The binding data were used and interpreted in terms of theoretical models (Scatchard Equation and Wyman Binding Potential). ...

The charge transfer (CT) complex formation of benzonitrile as acceptor with the aromatic donors o-, m-, p-xylene and ethylbenzene in CCl4 solutions is investigated by chemical shift measurements relative to an external reference. The equilibrium parameters, Q and DAD of their weak molecular complexes, as found numerically mo...

Advances in the theory of combination therapy (1) and development of new targeted drugs are leading to a new emphasis on drug combination experiments. Many studies continue to use the median-effect method of Chou–Talalay (2). However, the median-effect method follows a similar logic to the defunct Scatchard analysis in pharmacology, which has been replaced by nonlinear modeling. Like Scatchard ...

Computer simulations of equilibrium binding studies of a mixture of two labeled ligands binding competitively to a single class of identical and independent sites (receptors) were performed to investigate how ligand heterogeneity affects the observed data in such studies. The simulated data are presented in Scatchard plots. Ligand heterogeneity was generally found to be indistinguishable from t...

Transmembrane signaling by the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) involves ligand-induced dimerization and allosteric regulation of the intracellular tyrosine kinase domain. Crystallographic studies have shown how ligand binding induces dimerization of the EGFR extracellular region but cannot explain the "high-affinity" and "low-affinity" classes of cell-surface EGF-binding sites inferred ...

An S-naproxen (S-NAP) molecularly imprinted monolithic stationary phase (MIMSP) with specific recognition for S-NAP and naproxen (NAP) was prepared by in situ technique, utilizing 4-vinylpridine (4-VP) as a function monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) as a cross-linking agent, and low-polar solvents (toluene and dodecanol) as porogenic solvents. The selectivity of the polymers for S-...

Carbon-11-YM-09151-2 binds highly selectively to D2 dopamine receptors in the brain. Using this ligand, D2 dopamine receptor density (Bmax) and affinity (Kd) in canine striatum were measured. After administering various doses of the ligand in nine experiments, regional uptake was followed by repeated PET scanning for up to 80 min. D2 dopamine receptor specific binding at equilibrium was defined...

Two classes of receptors for 125I-labeled nerve growth factor in chick embryonic dorsal root neurons have been observed. One type is associated with the plasma membrane (or microsomal fraction) and can be completely solubilized by Triton X-100. These receptors display the nonsaturable binding isotherms and curvilinear Scatchard plots previously reported for nerve growth factor receptors in whol...