TABLE 2.

Energies of the 50 lac operon possible binding states

Eeeee ≈ 0.0	Ereee ≈ −12.11	Eceee ≈ −10.68	Eree1 ≈ −18.90
Eeeer ≈ −14.21	Ereer ≈ −26.32	Eceer ≈ −24.89	Erer1 ≈ −35.87
Eeere ≈ −16.97	Erere ≈ −29.08	Ecere ≈ −27.65	Erec1 ≈ −27.48
Eeerr ≈ −31.18	Ererr ≈ −43.29	Ecerr ≈ −41.86	Erpe1 ≈ −29.10
Eeece ≈ −8.58	Erece ≈ −20.69	Ecece ≈ −19.26	Erpr1 ≈ −46.07
Eeecr ≈ −22.79	Erecr ≈ −34.90	Ececr ≈ −33.47	Erpc1 ≈ −37.68
Eepee ≈ −10.20	Erpee ≈ −22.31	Ecpee ≈ −22.47	Eeer3 ≈ −17.97
Eeper ≈ −24.41	Erper ≈ −36.52	Ecper ≈ −36.68	Eepr3 ≈ −28.17
Eepre ≈ −27.17	Erpre ≈ −39.28	Ecpre ≈ −39.44	Erer3 ≈ −30.08
Eeprr ≈ −41.38	Erprr ≈ −53.49	Ecprr ≈ −53.65	Erpr3 ≈ −40.28
Eepce ≈ −18.78	Erpce ≈ −30.89	Ecpce ≈ −31.05	Ecer3 ≈ −28.65
Eepcr ≈ −32.99	Erpcr ≈ −45.10	Ecpcr ≈ −45.26	Ecpr3 ≈ −40.44
			Ere1e ≈ −19.81
			Ere1r ≈ −34.02

All of these energies are expressed in units of kcal/mol.