Fig. 5. Linear peptides exhibit ITC profiles similar to the branched peptides.
ITC profiles for linear peptides H2K and A2K (25 µM, 0.12 molar ratio/injection) titrated into siRNA (1 µM) were studied. Similar to branched peptides, histidine-containing H2K show exothermic binding at molar ratio 0 to 1.5. In contrast, when histidines were replaced with alanines, A2K behaved similarly to K4b: only an endothermic reaction is observed.