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Binding of ionic ligands to polyelectrolytes

D Stigter1, K A Dill

  • 1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.

Biophysical Journal
|October 1, 1996
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This study presents a Poisson-Boltzmann model to predict how ionic ligands bind to charged polymers like DNA. The model accurately forecasts binding constants and salt effects for various ligand-polyelectrolyte interactions.

Area of Science:

  • Biophysical Chemistry
  • Polymer Science
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Ionic ligands interact with charged polymers, including DNA and polysaccharides.
  • Understanding these interactions is crucial for molecular biology and materials science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a theoretical framework for calculating binding constants of ionic ligands to polyelectrolytes.
  • To investigate the influence of ligand charge and salt concentration on binding affinity.

Main Methods:

  • A Poisson-Boltzmann treatment was employed to model ligand-polyelectrolyte binding.
  • Lattice statistics were used to account for the conformations of flexible chain ligands.
  • The model was applied to various systems, including Mg(2+) ions with polynucleotides and hexamine cobalt(III) with DNA.

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Main Results:

  • The developed theory successfully predicts the salt dependence of binding constants for multiple ligand-polyelectrolyte systems.
  • Binding free energies were accurately computed for interactions such as polyamines with T7 DNA and oligolysines with poly(U).
  • The model requires one parameter (distance of closest approach) for absolute binding constant calculations.

Conclusions:

  • The Poisson-Boltzmann approach provides a robust method for predicting ionic ligand-polyelectrolyte binding.
  • The model offers insights into the thermodynamics of these interactions, with good predictions for binding entropies and enthalpies in some cases.