It can be useful to describe the Gibbs free energy changes for the, binding to a protein of a molecule, A-B, and of its component parts, A and. B, in terms of the "intrinsic binding To reach a meaningful conclusion about this problem (and to avoid conclusions that depend on the sequence in which experiments are carried out), it is necessary to find a way of relating the observed binding of A and B to that of A-B (1-5). In one simple approach to this problem, the binding of A-B is considered to occur in two steps, in which the initial binding of the A or B moiety is followed by the binding of the rest of the molecule (Eq. 4). The publication costs ofthis article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U. S. C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact.
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