Tracer ligand dissociation

In general, the kinetics of most allosteric modulators have been shown to be faster than the kinetics of binding of the tracer ligand. This is an initial assumption for this experimental approach. Under these circumstances, the rate of dissociation of the tracer ligand (pA t) n the presence of the allosteric ligand is given by [11, 12]... 

It can be seen that the equality defined in Equation 4.32 is true only when ICSo = KB (i.e., the concentration of a non-competitive antagonist that reduces the binding of a tracer ligand by 50% is equal to the equilibrium dissociation constant of the antagonist-receptor complex). 

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