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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 276, Issue 2, Pages 1057-1062Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M008039200
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The formation of complexes between the minor receptor group human rhinovirus HRV2 and two recombinant soluble receptor fragments derived from the human very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) and containing ligand-binding repeats 1-3 (MBP.VLDLR1-3) or 1-8 (MBP.VLDLR1-8) fused to the carboxyl terminus of the maltose binding protein was analyzed by affinity capillary electrophoresis. At low molar ratios of receptor/virus, the peaks corresponding to substoichiometric complexes were broad indicating heterogeneity. When the receptors were present in molar excess with respect to the virus, the peaks were sharp, suggesting saturation of all binding sites. For the determination of the stoichiometry, constant amounts of receptor were incubated with increasing amounts of virus, and the peak areas corresponding to free receptor were measured and plotted versus total virus concentration. Extrapolation of the linear part of the resulting curve to zero concentration of free receptor enabled quantitation of the molar ratios of the components present in the complex. Using this method, we determined that about 60 molecules of MBP.VLDLR1-3 but only about 30 molecules of MBP.VLDLR1-8 were bound per virion.
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