Naslov
Acetylcholinesterase mutants: oxime-assisted catalytic scavengers of organophosphonates

Autori
Kovarik, Zrinka ; Radić, Zoran ; Simeon-Rudolf, Vera ; Reiner, Elsa ; Taylor, Palmer

Izvornik
Chemico-biological interactions (0009-2797) 157-158 (2005); 388-390

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kongresno priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
acetylcholinesterase; reactivation; inhibition; organophosphorus compounds; oxime

Sažetak
Instead abstract, part of the Introduction: Reaction of organophosphonates with acetylcholinesterase (AChE ; EC 3.1.1.7) is characterized by the formation of serine-conjugated adducts that are only slowly reversible. Since oximes are the only known antidote to nerve agent poisoning that restore the activity of AChE, mutagenesis of AChE should enable one to develop more effective scavenging agents in which AChE mutants in combination with an oxime would complete a catalytic cycle of hydrolysis of the organophosphate by rapid inhibition followed by rapid nucleophile-mediated hydrolysis of the phosphonyl enzyme conjugate. We enlarged the active site gorge of mouse AChE with mutations Y337A, F295L and F297I. Based on rapid inhibition of mutants with SP-cycloheptyl methylphosphonyl thiocholine (SP-CHMPTCh) and enhancement of their HI-6 reactivation rates up to 130-fold as compared to the AChE wild-type, we studied the continuous enzymatic decomposition of the SP-CHMPTCh by AChE mutants in the presence of HI-6.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemija

Napomena
Rad je pprošireni sažetak (Extended abstract)

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