Amino acids defining the acyl pocket of an invertebrate cholinesterase

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 813-832

  Pezzementi, Leo ^a   Johnson, Kimberly ^a   Tsigelny, Igor ^b   Cotney, Justin ^a,c   Manning, Elizabeth ^a,d   Barker, Andrew ^a,e   Merritt, Sarah ^a,f  

^a BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Amphioxus; Butyrylcholinesterase; Cholinesterase

Indexed keywords

1,5 BIS(4 ALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUMPHENYL)PENTAN 3 ONE DIBROMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID; BUTYRYLTHIOCHOLINE; CATION; CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE 2; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; F 353A; F 353V; HISTIDINE; ISO OMPA; LEUCINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PHENYLALANINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROFENAMINE; SERINE; THIOL REAGENT; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; Y 352A;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; INVERTEBRATE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; TORPEDO; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344665757     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00259-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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