Prior observations that questioned the validity of kinetic exclusion assays were based on the mistaken assumption that the assays quantified the fraction of those antibody molecules that had unoccupied binding sites. Instead, the standard KinExA assay quantifies the fraction of total antibody binding sites that are unoccupied, regardless of the number of unoccupied sites on each antibody molecule. Although the standard KinExA analysis assumes that there is only a small probability of antibody-site capture by the affinity matrix, the results of numerical simulations demonstrate the reliability of dissociation constants obtained by the standard KinExA analysis for capture probabilities as high as 30%. This finding further strengthens the potential of kinetic exclusion assays as the procedure of choice for the rapid and accurate characterization of immunochemical reactions that forms part of screening processes in the search for therapeutic antibodies.
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Front Physiol
January 2025
Institute of Vegetative Physiology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
January 2025
Peking University, school of materials science and engineering, CHINA.
Dynamic liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and associated assembly and disassembly of biomolecular condensates play crucial roles in cellular organization and metabolic networks. These processes are often regulated by supramolecular interactions. However, the complex and disordered structures of IDPs, coupled with their rapid conformational fluctuations, pose significant challenges for reconstructing supramolecularly-regulated dynamic LLPS systems and quantitatively illustrating variations in molecular interactions.
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, United States.
Context: Prebiotics are often added to infant formulas to mimic the benefits of oligosaccharides found in human milk.
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Data Sources: Searches were performed in the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses databases.
Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg
January 2025
Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address:
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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