Research Article

Inhibition of Rat Muscle and Liver Phosphofructokinases by High Doses of Ethanol

Table 3

Average free energies of binding for ADP, ATP, and ethanol with human and rat muscle and liver phosphofructokinases.

LigandEnzyme
Rat muscleHuman muscleRat liverHuman liver

ADP−6.011 kcal/mol−6.016 kcal/mol−5.724 kcal/mol−5.637 kcal/mol
ATP−5.375 kcal/mol−4.413 kcal/mol−5.255 kcal/mol−3.623 kcal/mol
Ethanol−1.812 kcal/mol−1.821 kcal/mol−1.852 kcal/mol−1.871 kcal/mol