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==METHYLPHOSPHONYLATED ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE (AGED) OBTAINED BY REACTION WITH O-ISOPROPYLMETHYLPHOSPHONOFLUORIDATE (GB, SARIN)==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1cfj]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetronarce_californica Tetronarce californica]. The June 2004 RCSB PDB [https://pdb.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/index.html Molecule of the Month] feature on ''Acetylcholinesterase''  by David S. Goodsell is [https://dx.doi.org/10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2004_6 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2004_6]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1CFJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1CFJ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.6&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GB:METHYLPHOSPHONIC+ACID+ESTER+GROUP'>GB</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE'>NAG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1cfj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1cfj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1cfj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1cfj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1cfj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1cfj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/ACES_TETCF ACES_TETCF] 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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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Organophosphorus acid anhydride (OP) nerve agents are potent inhibitors which rapidly phosphonylate acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and then may undergo an internal dealkylation reaction (called "aging") to produce an OP-enzyme conjugate that cannot be reactivated. To understand the basis for irreversible inhibition, we solved the structures of aged conjugates obtained by reaction of Torpedo californica AChE (TcAChE) with diisopropylphosphorofluoridate (DFP), O-isopropylmethylphosponofluoridate (sarin), or O-pinacolylmethylphosphonofluoridate (soman) by X-ray crystallography to 2.3, 2.6, or 2.2 A resolution, respectively. The highest positive difference density peak corresponded to the OP phosphorus and was located within covalent bonding distance of the active-site serine (S200) in each structure. The OP-oxygen atoms were within hydrogen-bonding distance of four potential donors from catalytic subsites of the enzyme, suggesting that electrostatic forces significantly stabilize the aged enzyme. The active sites of aged sarin- and soman-TcAChE were essentially identical and provided structural models for the negatively charged, tetrahedral intermediate that occurs during deacylation with the natural substrate, acetylcholine. Phosphorylation with DFP caused an unexpected movement in the main chain of a loop that includes residues F288 and F290 of the TcAChE acyl pocket. This is the first major conformational change reported in the active site of any AChE-ligand complex, and it offers a structural explanation for the substrate selectivity of AChE.

Crystal structures of aged phosphonylated acetylcholinesterase: nerve agent reaction products at the atomic level.,Millard CB, Kryger G, Ordentlich A, Greenblatt HM, Harel M, Raves ML, Segall Y, Barak D, Shafferman A, Silman I, Sussman JL Biochemistry. 1999 Jun 1;38(22):7032-9. PMID:10353814<ref>PMID:10353814</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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[[Category: Acetylcholinesterase]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month]]
[[Category: Tetronarce californica]]
[[Category: Millard CB]]
[[Category: Silman I]]
[[Category: Sussman JL]]