An illustration of the expression of cooperative binding energy in arrays of non-covalent interactions

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Ben Bardsley and Dudley H. Williams


Abstract

An analysis of a thermodynamic cycle for the formation of ligand-bound dimers gives a simple illustration as to how a cooperative binding energy (ΔG°coop) can be expressed over a range of interfaces, rather than at just one of the interfaces within the array.


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