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==Structure of the unphotolysed complex of TcAChE with 1-(2- nitrophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl-arsenocholine after a 9 seconds annealing to room temperature==
<StructureSection load='2v97' size='340' side='right'caption='[[2v97]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.40&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2v97]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_californica Torpedo californica]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2V97 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2V97 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CFQ:1-(2-NITROPHENYL)-2,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHYL]-ARSENOCHOLINE'>CFQ</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE'>NAG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[1dx6|1dx6]], [[1e66|1e66]], [[1ea5|1ea5]], [[1gpk|1gpk]], [[1gpn|1gpn]], [[1h22|1h22]], [[1h23|1h23]], [[1jga|1jga]], [[1jgb|1jgb]], [[1jjb|1jjb]], [[1qid|1qid]], [[1qig|1qig]], [[1qih|1qih]], [[1qii|1qii]], [[1acj|1acj]], [[1acl|1acl]], [[1amn|1amn]], [[1ax9|1ax9]], [[1cfj|1cfj]], [[1e3q|1e3q]], [[1eea|1eea]], [[1eve|1eve]], [[1fss|1fss]], [[1gqr|1gqr]], [[1gqs|1gqs]], [[1hbj|1hbj]], [[1oce|1oce]], [[1odc|1odc]], [[1qie|1qie]], [[1qif|1qif]], [[1qij|1qij]], [[1qik|1qik]], [[1qim|1qim]], [[1qti|1qti]], [[1u65|1u65]], [[1ut6|1ut6]], [[1vot|1vot]], [[1w6r|1w6r]], [[1w75|1w75]], [[1zgc|1zgc]], [[2ace|2ace]], [[2ack|2ack]], [[2c58|2c58]], [[2c5f|2c5f]], [[2c5g|2c5g]], [[2cek|2cek]], [[2j3d|2j3d]], [[4ace|4ace]], [[1som|1som]], [[1vxo|1vxo]], [[1vxr|1vxr]], [[1w4l|1w4l]], [[1w76|1w76]], [[1zgb|1zgb]], [[2c4h|2c4h]], [[2ckm|2ckm]], [[2cmf|2cmf]], [[2dfp|2dfp]], [[2j3q|2j3q]], [[2j4f|2j4f]], [[3ace|3ace]], [[2v96|2v96]], [[2v98|2v98]]</td></tr>
<tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylcholinesterase Acetylcholinesterase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.1.1.7 3.1.1.7] </span></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2v97 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2v97 OCA], [http://pdbe.org/2v97 PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2v97 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2v97 PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2v97 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/ACES_TORCA ACES_TORCA]] Terminates signal transduction at the neuromuscular junction by rapid hydrolysis of the acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft. May be involved in cell-cell interactions. 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/main_output.php?pdb_ID=2v97 ConSurf].
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Acetylcholinesterase plays a crucial role in nerve-impulse transmission at cholinergic synapses. The apparent paradox that it displays high turnover despite its active site being buried raises cogent questions as to how the traffic of substrates and products to and from the active site can occur so rapidly in such circumstances. Here, a kinetic crystallography strategy aimed at structurally addressing the issue of product traffic in acetylcholinesterase is presented, in which UV-laser-induced cleavage of a photolabile precursor of the enzymatic product analogue arsenocholine, 'caged' arsenocholine, is performed in a temperature-controlled X-ray crystallography regime. The 'caged' arsenocholine was shown to bind at both the active and peripheral sites of acetylcholinesterase. UV irradiation of a complex with acetylcholinesterase during a brief temperature excursion from 100 K to room temperature is most likely to have resulted in a decrease in occupancy by the caged compound. Microspectrophotometric experiments showed that the caged compound had indeed been photocleaved. It is proposed that a fraction of the arsenocholine molecules released within the crystal had been expelled from both the active and the peripheral sites. Partial q-weighted difference refinement revealed a relative movement of the two domains in acetylcholinesterase after photolysis and the room-temperature excursion, resulting in an increase in the active-site gorge volume of 30% and 35% in monomers A and B of the asymmetric unit, respectively. Moreover, an alternative route to the active-site gorge of the enzyme appeared to open. This structural characterization of acetylcholinesterase 'at work' is consistent with the idea that choline exits from the enzyme after catalysis either via the gorge or via an alternative 'backdoor' trajectory.

Use of a 'caged' analogue to study the traffic of choline within acetylcholinesterase by kinetic crystallography.,Colletier JP, Royant A, Specht A, Sanson B, Nachon F, Masson P, Zaccai G, Sussman JL, Goeldner M, Silman I, Bourgeois D, Weik M Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2007 Nov;63(Pt 11):1115-28. Epub 2007, Oct 17. PMID:18007027<ref>PMID:18007027</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Acetylcholinesterase 3D structures|Acetylcholinesterase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Acetylcholinesterase]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Torpedo californica]]
[[Category: Bourgeois, D]]
[[Category: Colletier, J P]]
[[Category: Goeldner, M]]
[[Category: Masson, P]]
[[Category: Nachon, F]]
[[Category: Royant, A]]
[[Category: Sanson, B]]
[[Category: Silman, I]]
[[Category: Specht, A]]
[[Category: Sussman, J L]]
[[Category: Weik, M]]
[[Category: Zaccai, G]]
[[Category: Alternative splicing]]
[[Category: Backdoor]]
[[Category: Caged compound]]
[[Category: Cell junction]]
[[Category: Glycoprotein]]
[[Category: Gpi-anchor]]
[[Category: Hydrolase]]
[[Category: Kinetic crystallography]]
[[Category: Lipoprotein]]
[[Category: Membrane]]
[[Category: Neurotransmitter degradation]]
[[Category: Partial q-weighted difference refinement]]
[[Category: Serine esterase]]
[[Category: Synapse]]