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We have developed a rapid centrifugal method for analyzing solute interacti
ons with membrane proteins in cytoskeleton-depleted membrane vesicles or pr
oteoliposomes sterically immobilized in Superdex 200 gel beads. The size an
d density of the gel beads allow fast sedimentation in a bench-top centrifu
ge. Biospecific interactions of cytochalasin B and D-glucose with the human
red cell glucose transporter, Glut1, were analyzed. The binding constants
and the molar ratio of inhibitor sites per protein monomer agreed well with
recent results obtained by frontal affinity chromatography. (C) 1999 Elsev
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