affinities for some proteins using ITC have been reported.49 (link)−51 (link) To investigate the interaction between TgPDCD5 and heparin sulfate
(H3393, Sigma-Aldrich) or Enoxaparin (E0180000, Sigma-Aldrich), ITC
was performed using a Nano ITC instrument (TA Instruments). Aliquots
of 4 μL of 3 mM TgPDCD5 were injected into 0.12 mM heparin sulfate
or Enoxaparin in 25 mM phosphate buffer at pH 4.5 with 100 mM NaCl
while maintaining a temperature of 37 °C with 250 rpm stirring.
Background heat from the protein to buffer titrations was subtracted.
The thermal parameters (enthalpy ΔH and entropy
ΔS), stoichiometry of the binding (n), and dissociation constant (Kd) were derived by fitting the data to an independent binding model
using Launch NanoAnalyze v2.3.6 software.