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. 2011 Jan 5;100(1):165–173. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.11.019

Table 2.

Average forced unbinding characteristics from the Brownian oscillator model for the weak (LR1) and strong (LR2) bound states of the αIIbβ3-fibrinogen complex

Control
With abciximab
With Mn2+
LR1 LR2 LR1 LR2 LR1 LR2
Populations, λ1 and λ2 0.83 (0.04) 0.17 (0.04) 0.97 (0.03) 0.03 (0.03) 0.71 (0.03) 0.29 (0.03)
Unbinding rate constants, ku1 and ku2 (s−1) 3.06 (0.11) 0.25 (0.01) 3.38 (0.33) 0.25 (0.01) 2.84 (0.17) 0.189 (0.002)
Spring constant, ksp (pN/nm) 12.00 (0.07) 12.02 (0.08) 13.58 (0.08)
Critical extension, x (nm) 2.46 (0.05) 2.52 (0.04) 2.86 (0.05)
Unbinding energy, kBT 8.78 (0.41) 9.20 (0.28) 12.42 (0.53)

Analytical estimates of the mechanical, kinetic, and equilibrium parameters correspond to a tensile force of fext = 50 pN. The model and parameters are introduced in the Materials and Methods section. Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations.