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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2012

Kinetics of Torpedo californica acetylcholinesterase inhibition by bisnorcymserine and crystal structure of the complex with its leaving group.

Cecilia Bartolucci, Jure Stojan, Qian-sheng Yu, Nigel H Greig, Doriano Lamba

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Cecilia BartolucciIstituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Area della Ricerca di Roma, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy. cecilia.bartolucci@ic.cnr.it
Jure Stojan
Qian-sheng Yu
Nigel H Greig
Doriano Lamba
Institute of Crystallography · ITUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

Funding

Design And Development Of Experimental Therapeutics ((Systemic & Neurodegenerative Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease)ZIAAG000311 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2009 to 2025
$16.0M
Design And Development Of Experimental TherapeuticsZ01AG000311 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2001 to 2008
$1.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural and synthetic carbamates act as pseudo-irreversible inhibitors of AChE (acetylcholinesterase) as well as BChE (butyrylcholinesterase), two enzymes involved in neuronal function as well as in the development and progression of AD (Alzheimer's disease). The AChE mode of action is characterized by a rapid carbamoylation of the active-site Ser(200) with release of a leaving group followed by a slow regeneration of enzyme action due to subsequent decarbamoylation. The experimental AD therapeutic bisnorcymserine, a synthetic carbamate, shows an interesting activity and selectivity for BChE, and its clinical development is currently being pursued. We undertook detailed kinetic studies on the activity of the carbamate bisnorcymserine with Tc (Torpedo californica) AChE and, on the basis of the results, crystallized the complex between TcAChE and bisnorcymserine. The X-ray crystal structure showed only the leaving group, bisnoreseroline, trapped at the bottom of the aromatic enzyme gorge. Specifically, bisnoreseroline interacts in a non-covalent way with Ser(200) and His(440), disrupting the existing interactions within the catalytic triad, and it stacks with Trp(84) at the bottom of the gorge, giving rise to an unprecedented hydrogen-bonding contact. These interactions point to a dominant reversible inhibition mechanism attributable to the leaving group, bisnoreseroline, as revealed by kinetic analysis.

Indexed as

Crystallography, X-RayTorpedoAcetylcholinesteraseAnimalsCatalytic DomainCholinesterase InhibitorsHumansHydrogen BondingPhysostigmineAcetylcholinesterasebisnorcymserineCholinesterase InhibitorsPhysostigmine

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PMID22390827
PMCPMC4979005
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