Abstract
We demonstrate the advantage of the simultaneous multicurve nonlinear least-squares analysis over that of the conventional single-curve analysis. Fitting results are subjected to thorough Monte Carlo analysis for rigorous assessment of confidence intervals and parameter correlations.
The comparison is performed on a practical example of simulated steady-state reaction kinetics complemented with isothermal calorimetry (ITC) data resembling allosteric behavior of rabbit muscle pyruvate kinase (RMPK). Global analysis improves accuracy and confidence limits of model parameters.
Cross-correlation between parameters is also reduced with accompanying enhancement of the model-testing power. This becomes especially important for validation of models with "difficult" highly cross-correlated parameters.
We show how proper experimental design and critical evaluation of data can improve the chance of differentiating models.