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. 2012 Jul 19;8(7):e1002806. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002806

Table 1. Antibody binding kinetic constants to selected MPER probes.

MPER peptidea Linked peptideb ES2 scaffoldc
Ligand kon d koff e KD f kon koff KD kon koff KD
wt 2F5 2.3 0.7 3.1 3.6 0.7 2.2 10.1 1.3 1.3
r2 0.5 5.1 90.2 1.5 8.5 55.8 8.7 2.6 3.0
r4 0.2 8.1 382 1.0 10.5 96.8 6.6 9.3 13.9
r6 0.4 18.9 390 1.8 23.7 125 7.9 31.9 40.2
e2 0.1 8.7 463 1.3 3.5 26.9 7.4 1.7 2.3
e4 0.4 10.1 239 1.3 10.4 78.6 8.5 3.6 4.2
a

MPER peptide: EQELLELDKWASLWNWFDITKWLWYIKKKKGSKKK.

b

Linked peptide: EQELLELDKWASLGGGGSGGWNWFDITKWLWYIKKKKGSKKK.

c

ES2 scaffold: scaffold protein displaying the 2F5 gp41 epitope stabilized in the antibody-bound conformation.

d

Association rate (kon) is measured in (1/Ms 105).

e

Dissociation rate (koff) is measured in (1/s 10−3).

f

Affinity constant (KD) is measured in (M 10−9 or nM).