Research Article

Rapid Screening and Estimation of Binding Constants for Interactions of Fe3+ with Two Metalloproteins, Apotransferrin and Transferrin, Using Affinity Mode of Capillary Electrophoresis

Table 2

Average ΔR/Rf values and their confidence intervals (cnf) for transferrin- and apotransferrin-iron (III) interactions at different iron (III) ion concentrations.

Iron (III) ion concentrations (μmol/L)Transferrin-iron (III) ion interactionApotransferrin-iron (III) ion interaction
ΔR/Rf ± cnfΔR/Rf ± cnf

5−0.0007 ± 0.0128−0.0042 ± 0.0019
100.0012 ± 0.00850.0021 ± 0.0062
25−0.0007 ± 0.0037−0.0008 ± 0.0035
500.0114 ± 0.01410.0035 ± 0.0096
100−0.0201 ± 0.0090−0.0254 ± 0.0047
150−0.0075 ± 0.01010.0070 ± 0.0080
250−0.0012 ± 0.0169−0.0205 ± 0.0020

Average values; n = 6.