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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
- | Cocaine Esterase (CocE) is the most efficient protein to hydrolyze the cocaine domain known to date ''in vivo''. | + | Cocaine Esterase (CocE) is the most efficient protein to hydrolyze the cocaine domain known to date ''in vivo''.<sup><ref>"Effects of cocaine esterase following its repeated administration with cocaine in mice" Mei-Chaun Ko, Diwahar Narasimhan, Aaron A. Berlin, Nicholas W. Lukacs, Roger K. Sunahara, James H. Woods. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 1 May 2009;101:202-09. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.01.002</ref></sup> Cocaine Esterase is used in bacterium ''Rhodococcus'' which hydrolyzes the cocaine that it uptakes and uses it for carbons and nitrogens. Although this protein metabolizes cocaine in bacterium, it is sure to induce an immune response as it is foreign to the human body. This could mitigate the effects of CocE if a person had suffered from cocaine toxicity. |
== Structure == | == Structure == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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- | [1] "Effects of cocaine esterase following its repeated administration with cocaine in mice" Mei-Chaun Ko, Diwahar Narasimhan, Aaron A. Berlin, Nicholas W. Lukacs, Roger K. Sunahara, James H. Woods. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 13 February 2009 |
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References
- ↑ Hanson, R. M., Prilusky, J., Renjian, Z., Nakane, T. and Sussman, J. L. (2013), JSmol and the Next-Generation Web-Based Representation of 3D Molecular Structure as Applied to Proteopedia. Isr. J. Chem., 53:207-216. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201300024
- ↑ Herraez A. Biomolecules in the computer: Jmol to the rescue. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2006 Jul;34(4):255-61. doi: 10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644. PMID:21638687 doi:10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644
- ↑ "Effects of cocaine esterase following its repeated administration with cocaine in mice" Mei-Chaun Ko, Diwahar Narasimhan, Aaron A. Berlin, Nicholas W. Lukacs, Roger K. Sunahara, James H. Woods. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 1 May 2009;101:202-09. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.01.002