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. 2023 Oct 11;120(42):e2305837120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2305837120

Table 3.

Dissociation constants derived from microcalorimetric binding studies of different amines to sensor domains of the 10 receptors analyzed

Protein KD (uM)
Quaternary amines Methyl-/ethyl-/ethanol amines* Polyamine
Acetylcholine Choline TMAO Methylamine Ethylamine Dimethylamine Trimethylamine Ethanolamine Ethylenediamine
R1 1,845 ± 1,120 Nb Nb 35.1 ± 3 19.6 ± 2 0.53 ± 0.02 10.0 ± 0.4 Nb Nb
R2 Protein insoluble
R3§ Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb 2.3 ± 0.1 29.6 ± 3
R4 Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb
R5 581 ± 129 3.6 ± 0.1 1,742 ± 88 Nb Nb 311 ± 79 1.2 ± 0.1 Nb Nb
R6 Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb 151 ± 4 Nb Nb
R7§ Nb 2,950 ± 217 Nb 16.6 ± 2 Nb 5.3 ± 0.4 12.6 ± 1 1.7 ± 0.02 12.3 ± 1
R8 735 ± 24 183 ± 4 Nb 25.1 ± 3 46.1 ± 7 5.8 ± 1 24.0 ± 4 Nb Nb
R9§ Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb
R10§ Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb Nb
PacA-LBD Nb# 113 ± 16# Nd|| Nb Nb Nb 113 ± 6 Nb Nb

*Volatile organic compound.

No binding by ITC of L-carnitine, betaine, proline, and trigonelline.

No binding by ITC and/or thermal shift assay (increases above 2 ºC were considered significant).

§No binding by ITC of L-carnitine and trigonelline.

No binding by ITC of L-carnitine, betaine, and trigonelline.

#Reported previously in ref. 17.

||Not determined.

Dissociation constants below 10 µM are shown in bold face.