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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2011 Feb 14;50(11):1934–1939. doi: 10.1021/bi200052e

Table 1.

Fit Parameters for the Allosteric Response caused by Different Amino Acid Analogues

Fit Parameters from Equation 2 Fit Parameters from Equation 3

Allosteric Response
Commercial Name
Commercial Name
Kix (mM) Qax Kix (mM)
L-Ala 0.33±0.01 0.100±0.001
L-Phe 3.9±0.3 0.39±0.01

Carboxyl modifications

L-alanine methyl esterb 1.90±0.05 0.120±0.002 Ethanolamineb 50±20
Ethylamineb,c 40±10
Isopropylamineb,c 25±2
L-alaninolb,c 25±1
Butylamineb,c a

Amino modifications

N-methyl-L-alab 1.1±0.2 0.16±0.01 Propionic Acidb,c a
L-Pro 1.40±0.04 0.063±0.001 N-formyl-L-alab,c a
N-acetyl-L-alab,c a

Chiral carbon modifications

D-alanineb 10±2 0.37±0.02 D-phenylalanineb a
2-aminoisobutyric acidb 11±2 0.16±0.01 S(+)-2-amino-2-methyl-3-
phenyl-propionic acidb
a

Side Chain modifications

Glyb 23±2 0.26±0.01 L-homoserine 10±4
L-Cys 0.101±0.003 0.124±0.002 L-Ilee 31±8
L-Ser 4.6±0.4 0.24±0.01 L-norvaline 29±3
L-(+)-2,3-diaminopropionic acid 8±3 0.15±0.05 L-Asn a
L-(+)-2-aminobutyric acid (2AB) 0.43±0.02 0.05±0.01 L-Asp a
L-Val 7.6±0.4 0.090±0.004 L-Leu a
L-Thr 19.6±0.7 0.160±0.003 L-Glu a
L-Met 21±2 0.35±0.01 L-norleucine a
O-methyl-L-tyr 3.8±0.6 0.20±0.04 2-aminoheptanoic acid a
2-aminocaprylic acid a
L-His a
L-Arg a
L-Lys a
3-cyclohexyl-L-alanine a
(S)-(+)-2-phenylglycine a
4-nitro-L-phenylalanine a
L-homophenylalanine a
L-Tyr a
L-Trp a
a

Ka-PEP was not responsive to the amino acid analogue within the working concentration defined in Materials and Methods.

b

Corrected using H476L as described in supporting information

c

Binding tested by competition with Ala binding. When no Kix value is listed, no competitive binding was detected.