A general model of multivalent binding with ligands of heterotypic subunits and multiple surface receptors
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002555642100122X?via%3DihubAbstract
Multivalent cell surface receptor binding is a ubiquitous biological phenomenon with functional and therapeutic significance. Predicting the amount of ligand binding for a cell remains an important question in computational biology as it can provide great insight into cell-to-cell communication and rational drug design toward specific targets. In this study, we extend a mechanistic, two-step multivalent binding model. This model predicts the behavior of a mixture of different multivalent ligand complexes binding to cells expressing various types of receptors. It accounts for the combinatorially large number of interactions between multiple ligands and receptors, optionally allowing a mixture of complexes with different valencies and complexes that contain heterogeneous ligand units. We derive the macroscopic predictions and demonstrate how this model enables large-scale predictions on mixture binding and the binding space of a ligand. This model thus provides an elegant and computationally efficient framework for analyzing multivalent binding.
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