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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2022

Structural and dynamic effects of paraoxon binding to human acetylcholinesterase by X-ray crystallography and inelastic neutron scattering.

Oksana Gerlits, Mikolai Fajer, Xiaolin Cheng, Donald K Blumenthal, Zoran Radić, Andrey Kovalevsky

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Oksana GerlitsDepartment of Natural Sciences, Tennessee Wesleyan University, Athens, TN 37303, USA.
Mikolai FajerNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
Xiaolin ChengDivision of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Donald K BlumenthalDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Zoran RadićSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0657, USA. Electronic address: zradic@ucsd.edu.
Andrey KovalevskyNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. Electronic address: kovalevskyay@ornl.gov.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory · USTennessee Wesleyan College · USThe Ohio State University · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Accelerated AChE Reactivator Design by Mechanistic Neutron Scattering StudiesU01NS083451 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI RADIC, ZORAN · 2014 to 2018
$3.4M
NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS083451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organophosphorus (OP) compounds, including nerve agents and some pesticides, covalently bind to the catalytic serine of human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE), thereby inhibiting acetylcholine hydrolysis necessary for efficient neurotransmission. Oxime antidotes can reactivate the OP-conjugated hAChE, but reactivation efficiency can be low for pesticides, such as paraoxon (POX). Understanding structural and dynamic determinants of OP inhibition and reactivation can provide insights to design improved reactivators. Here, X-ray structures of hAChE with unaged POX, with POX and oximes MMB4 and RS170B, and with MMB4 are reported. A significant conformational distortion of the acyl loop was observed upon POX binding, being partially restored to the native conformation by oximes. Neutron vibrational spectroscopy combined with molecular dynamics simulations showed that picosecond vibrational dynamics of the acyl loop soften in the ∼20-50 cm

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AcetylcholinesterasePesticidesCholinesterase InhibitorsCrystallography, X-RayHumansNeutronsOrganophosphorus CompoundsOximesParaoxonAcetylcholinesteraseCholinesterase InhibitorsOrganophosphorus CompoundsOximesParaoxonPesticideshAChEinelastic neutron scatteringoxime reactivatorparaoxonvibrational dynamicsX-ray diffraction

Identifiers

PMID36265484
PMCPMC9637784
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