TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical analysis of dynamic force spectroscopy experiments on ligand-receptor complexes
AU - Raible, M.
AU - Evstigneev, M.
AU - Reimann, P.
AU - Bartels, F. W.
AU - Ros, R.
N1 - Funding Information: Helpful discussions with R. Eckel, D. Anselmetti, R. Eichhorn, and especially R. Merkel are gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under SFB 613 (Teilprojekt K7), the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, and the ESF-program STOCHDYN.
PY - 2004/8/26
Y1 - 2004/8/26
N2 - The forced rupture of single chemical bonds in biomolecular compounds (e.g. ligand-receptor systems) as observed in dynamic force spectroscopy experiments is addressed. Under the assumption that the probability of bond rupture depends only on the instantaneously acting force, a data collapse onto a single master curve is predicted. For rupture data obtained experimentally by dynamic AFM force spectroscopy of a ligand-receptor bond between a DNA and a regulatory protein we do not find such a collapse. We conclude that the above mentioned, generally accepted assumption is not satisfied and we discuss possible explanations.
AB - The forced rupture of single chemical bonds in biomolecular compounds (e.g. ligand-receptor systems) as observed in dynamic force spectroscopy experiments is addressed. Under the assumption that the probability of bond rupture depends only on the instantaneously acting force, a data collapse onto a single master curve is predicted. For rupture data obtained experimentally by dynamic AFM force spectroscopy of a ligand-receptor bond between a DNA and a regulatory protein we do not find such a collapse. We conclude that the above mentioned, generally accepted assumption is not satisfied and we discuss possible explanations.
KW - Chemical reaction kinetics
KW - Single molecule force spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2004.04.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2004.04.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 15288937
SN - 0168-1656
VL - 112
SP - 13
EP - 23
JO - Journal of Biotechnology
JF - Journal of Biotechnology
IS - 1-2
ER -