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A certain macromolecule P has four identical sites in a linear array for the binding of a...

A certain macromolecule P has four identical sites in a linear array for the binding of a small molecule A. Prepare a table listing all species with half of the sites occupied (species with two occupied sites and two unoccupied sites) and their statistical weights for the following cases:

a. The sites are independent.


b. Nearest-neighbor interactions are present. .


c. Binding to one site excludes the binding to a site immediately adjacent to it.

d. Give also, for part (b), an expression for the concentration ratio [PA4]/[PA2].

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