title: The active site and partial sequence of cobra venom acetylcholinesterase.
abstract: About 30% of the primary structure of acetylcholinesterase (AchE) from the cobra Naja naja oxiana has been determined. The sequence around the serine residue labeled by diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) was found to be TVTLFGESAGAASVGM which is similar to the active sites of AChE from other tissues. The part of the primary structure determined shows 76% identity with AChE from Torpedo and 42% identity with the Drosophila enzyme. A surprisingly large identity (42% in the sequence determined) was found with lysophospholipase from rat.
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biochemie, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weise
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kreienkamp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aaviksaar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hucho
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000032:analysis*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D004546:Elapid Venoms / Q000032:analysis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D004546:Elapid Venoms; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase