This old version of Proteopedia is provided for student assignments while the new version is undergoing repairs. Content and edits done in this old version of Proteopedia after March 1, 2026 will eventually be lost when it is retired in about June of 2026.
Apply for new accounts at the new Proteopedia. Your logins will work in both the old and new versions.
Sandbox E20
From Proteopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
| - | The X-ray structure of the E2020-''Tc''AChE complex shows that E2020 has a <scene name=' | + | The X-ray structure of the E2020-''Tc''AChE complex shows that E2020 has a <scene name='1eve/E2020_close_up_with_84_279/13'>unique orientation</scene> along the active-site gorge, extending from the anionic subsite (<scene name='1eve/E2020_close_up_with_84lbld/7'>W84</scene>) of the active site, at the bottom, to the peripheral anionic site (<scene name='1eve/E2020_close_up_with_84_279lbld/5'>near W279</scene>), at the top, via aromatic stacking interactions with conserved aromatic acid residues. E2020 does not, however, interact directly with either the catalytic triad or the 'oxyanion hole' but only <scene name='1eve/E20_interactionshown/8'>indirectly via solvent molecules</scene>. |
==Conclusions== | ==Conclusions== | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 20 January 2022
| |||||||||||
Reference
Structure of acetylcholinesterase complexed with E2020 (Aricept): implications for the design of new anti-Alzheimer drugs., Kryger G, Silman I, Sussman JL, Structure. 1999 Mar 15;7(3):297-307. PMID:10368299
