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. 2011 Dec 20;11:49. doi: 10.1186/1472-6807-11-49

Table 1.

Estimated kinetic constants for binding of full-length HIV-1 Vpr and C-terminal Vpr peptides to CypA.

Peptide Amino acid sequence Model Kinetic constants
KD(μM) ka1(1/Ms) kd(1/s)
Vpr75-90 GCRHSRIGVTRQRRAR 1:1 0.28 ± 0.27 8.1 ± 6.1 × 104 6.3 ± 4.6 × 10-3
Vpr75-90 (R76Q, V83I, T84I) GCQHSRIGIIRQRRAR 1:1 4.7 ± 2.6 1.6 ± 0.1 × 104 0.071 ± 0.037
Vpr75-90 (R76Q, V83I, R80A, T84I) GCQHSAIGIIRQRRAR 1:1 2.7 ± 1.9 4.2 ± 0.8 × 104 0.095 ± 0.061
Vpr75-90 (R80A) GCRHSAIGVTRQRRAR 1:1 7.5 ± 2.6 3.8 ± 0.6 × 103 0.027 ± 0.005
Vpr69-78 FIHFRIGCRH *
Vpr75-84 GCRHSRIGVT *
Vpr81-90 IGVTRQRRAR *
Vpr87-96 RRARNGASRS *
Vpr1-96 (918 RU CypA) BA ka1 = 1.3 ± 1.0 × 104
ka2 = 5.9 ± 1.7 × 10-6
kd1 = 1.8 ± 0.2 × 10-3
kd2 = 6.7 ± 3.8 × 10-4
Vpr1-96 (918 RU CypA) 1:1 0.31 ± 0.28 3.2 ± 1.2 × 104 0.007 ± 0.005
Vpr1-96 (180 RU CypA) BA ka1 = 5.8 ± 0.8 × 103
ka2 = 1.6 ± 1.6 × 10-4
kd1 = 0.022 ± 0.025
kd2 = 7.3 ± 4.0 × 10-4
Vpr1-96 (180 RU CypA) 1:1 0.32 ± 0.14 1.6 ± 0.6 × 104 4.22 ± 0.4 × 10-3

The data represent mean values ± S.E. of two individual experiments using four different concentrations containing duplicate of one concentration.

*KD not measurable by the Biacore instrument.

1:1, Langmuir binding

BA, Bivalent analyte