2HA2

Crystal structure of mouse acetylcholinesterase complexed with succinylcholine

Summary for 2HA2

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2ha2/pdb
• Related: 1J06 2H9Y 2HA0 2HA3 2HA4 2HA5 2HA6 2HA7
• Descriptor: Acetylcholinesterase, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose, alpha-L-fucopyranose, ... (8 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: hydrolase fold, serine esterase, acetylcholinesterase, homodimer, glycosylated protein, hydrolase
• Biological source: Mus musculus (house mouse)
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 121799.57

Authors

Bourne, Y.,Radic, Z.,Sulzenbacher, G.,Kim, E.,Taylor, P.,Marchot, P. (deposition date: 2006-06-12, release date: 2006-07-18, Last modification date: 2024-10-23)

Primary citation

Bourne, Y.,Radic, Z.,Sulzenbacher, G.,Kim, E.,Taylor, P.,Marchot, P.
Substrate and product trafficking through the active center gorge of acetylcholinesterase analyzed by crystallography and equilibrium binding
J.Biol.Chem., 281:29256-29267, 2006

PubMed Abstract: Hydrolysis of acetylcholine catalyzed by acetylcholinesterase (AChE), one of the most efficient enzymes in nature, occurs at the base of a deep and narrow active center gorge. At the entrance of the gorge, the peripheral anionic site provides a binding locus for allosteric ligands, including substrates. To date, no structural information on substrate entry to the active center from the peripheral site of AChE or its subsequent egress has been reported. Complementary crystal structures of mouse AChE and an inactive mouse AChE mutant with a substituted catalytic serine (S203A), in various complexes with four substrates (acetylcholine, acetylthiocholine, succinyldicholine, and butyrylthiocholine), two non-hydrolyzable substrate analogues (m-(N,N,N-trimethylammonio)-trifluoroacetophenone and 4-ketoamyltrimethylammonium), and one reaction product (choline) were solved in the 2.05-2.65-A resolution range. These structures, supported by binding and inhibition data obtained on the same complexes, reveal the successive positions and orientations of the substrates bound to the peripheral site and proceeding within the gorge toward the active site, the conformations of the presumed transition state for acylation and the acyl-enzyme intermediate, and the positions and orientations of the dissociating and egressing products. Moreover, the structures of the AChE mutant in complexes with acetylthiocholine and succinyldicholine reveal additional substrate binding sites on the enzyme surface, distal to the gorge entry. Hence, we provide a comprehensive set of structural snapshots of the steps leading to the intermediates of catalysis and the potential regulation by substrate binding to various allosteric sites at the enzyme surface.

PubMed: 16837465
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M603018200

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.05 Å)