I don't understand what you are trying to do-are you trying to show, by the 
difference in ITC response, that the predictions you made about the 
oligomerization are true?

JPK

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From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Bernhard Rupp
Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 11:06 AM
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [ccp4bb] ITC question -dimer vs monomer

Hi Fellows,

please let me ask the respective experts an ITC question: I have 2 proteins, 
stable and dialyzed in identical buffer.
A is a monomer and B an obligate dimer. I suspect that eventually a A2B2 dimer 
will form.

Intuitively, it should make a difference whether I titrate the dimer with the 
monomer or vice versa.
In the first case, a momomer would initially meet a lot of free dimers, and I 
would expect that randomly, a AB2 complex
is more likely to form than a A2B2 (let's disregard any more complex 
colligative/cooperative effects).

If I drip the dimer into the monomer pool, it is quite likely that the B dimer 
meets 2 free As, and I get right away a higher population of A2B2s.

Maybe at dilutions of ITC and with sufficient equilibration that is not an 
issue at all (again, absent any cooperative effects that might alter the first 
Kd vs. the second, despite the sites on the dimer are at least initially 
equivalent).

Can someone guide me towards literature about this or perhaps share some 
first-hand experience?

Many thanks, BR

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