The C-terminal end of the Trypanosoma brucei editing deaminase plays a critical role in tRNA binding

Kinetic determination of the dissociation constant for TbADAT2/3. (A) Single-turnover assays were performed as described in Materials and Methods. For each protein concentration (ranging from 0.15 μM to 10 μM), the fraction of inosine produced was plotted against time and fit to the single exponential equation f = a(1 − e^−kt). k_obs values were calculated for each curve representing protein concentration. (B) k_obs values were plotted against TbADAT2/3 concentration and fit to a single ligand-binding curve; the apparent dissociation constant (K_{d app}) was calculated by nonlinear regression using SigmaPlot software.