Analysis Of Scatchard Plot Analysis

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2.2.1.2 Scatchard Plot:
In order to determine the binding affinity of a ligand for its receptor, Scatchard plot analysis was done utilizing data obtained from standard titration process. r/cf vs. r was plotted as described in H. Mansouri-Torshizi and others, ‘Study on Interaction of DNA from Calf Thymus with 1,10- phenanthrolinehexyldithiocarbamatopalladium(II) Nitrate as Potential Antitumor Agent’, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 28.5 (2011).based on the calculation as depicted in Mansouri-Torshizi and others. where , r is the number of moles of 4NCO molecules bound per mole of nucleotide and cf depicts the free 4NCO concentration.From there the nature of binding and the values of Kb and n were obtained from Mcghee von Hippel …show more content…

In this experiment the absorbance of DNA (7.5×10-5 M) at 260 nm was monitored with gradual increase in temperature from 25-950C in the presence and absence of the compound 4NCO (4×10-5 M).The absorbance values of DNA and drug was normalized and plotted as a function of temperature to obtain Tm. Tm of DNA in both the condition was obtained from the midpoint of the melting curve. This absorbance vs. temperature curve was differentiated and weighted maximum was taken as Tm Ghosh and …show more content…

Record, C.~F. Anderson and T.~M. Lohman, ‘Thermodynamic Analysis of Ion Effects on the Binding and Conformational Equilibria of Proteins and Nucleic Acids: The Roles of Ion Association or Release, Screening, and Ion Effects on Water Activity’, Q.~Rev.~Biophys., 11.June 1978 (1978), 103–78 .
In terms of Gibbs free energy equation 4 can also be expressed as
ΔG = ΔGnel –ZΨ × RT × ln[NaCl] (5)
The first terms of equations (4) and (5) log (Knel) and ΔGnel respectively arises from the non-electrostatic interactions which is independent of salt concentration whereas the second term – ZΨ × log [NaCl] reflects ΔGel which is the electrostatic component of the Gibbs energy originating from the release of the counterions which depends on the salt concentration. From the plot of log Kb vs. log [NaCl] ZΨ was obtained from the slope of this curve and the intercept gives log Knel value.
Thus the Gibbs free energy can be deduced into two terms as:
ΔGtot = ΔGnel + ΔGel

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