Reaction products of acetylcholinesterase and VX reveal a mobile histidine in the catalytic triad [7]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 42, 1999, Pages 9883-9884

  Millard, Charles B ^a,c   Koellner, Gertraud ^a,d   Ordentlich, Arie ^b   Shafferman, Avigdor ^b   Silman, Israel ^a   Sussman, Joel L ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LETTER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033610449     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja992704i     Document Type: Letter

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