A calorimetric study of a polymer–monomer complex formed by polyuridylic acid 3′,5′-cyclic AMP |
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Authors: | F. Franck Th. Ackermann |
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Abstract: | The existence of a soluble complex formed by polyuridylic acid (poly (U)) and 3′,5′-cyclic AMP (cAMP) is demonstrated by u.v. extinction vs. temperature curves, optical rotation, equilibrium dialysis, and reaction calorimetry. The complex hasthe stoichiometry of 2 poly (U)-cAMP and its formation is accompanied by an enthalpy change of ?13.0 kcal/mole of base triplet. The introuction of an empirical factor α in the equations given by Damle2 and Crothers2 leads to the evolution of a ΔH value of ?13.4 keal/mole. The parameter α is considered as a correction factor for the concentration dependence of the binding process. There is no relation between α and the reduction of monomer activity due to self-association of monomers. The study of the binding process at several temperatures showed that the cooperativity parameter, σ, is independent of temperature and its value of 6.5 × 10?3 is in good agreement with σ = 5 × 10?3 for the poly (U)·poly(A) system.3 |
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