Figure 5.
Cl−-coupled H+ binding to the E203Q mutant. (a-c): Panels as in Figure 2 with the difference that 75-100 mM KCl is titrated into the experimental chamber. The averaged thermodynamic parameters are reported in Table 1. (d) Plot of the total enthalpy of Cl− binding, ΔHtot, as a function of the enthalpy of buffer ionization, ΔHbuff. Squares: experimental data. Solid line: fit to Eq. 1 with ΔHprot = −5.4±0.3 kcal mol−1 and N = 0.43±0.05. The errors for the experimental points are the s.e.m. while those on ΔHprot and N represent the uncertainty of the fit.