Insights into substrate and product traffic in the Drosophila melanogaster acetylcholinesterase active site gorge by enlarging a back channel

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2659-2664

  Nachon, Florian ^a,d   Stojan, Jure ^b   Fournier, Didier ^c  

^a CRSSA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Acetycholinesterase; Back door; Inhibition; Substrate; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALANINE; GLUTAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 42649083300     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06413.x     Document Type: Article

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