title: Molecular recognition by acetylcholinesterase at the peripheral anionic site: structure-activity relationships for inhibitions by aryl carbamates.
abstract: Substituted phenyl-N-butyl carbamates (1-9) are potent irreversible inhibitors of Electrophorus electricus acetylcholinesterase. Carbamates 1-9 act as the peripheral anionic site-directed irreversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase by the stop-time assay in the presence of a competitive inhibitor, edrophonium. Linear relationships between the logarithms of the dissociation constant of the enzyme inhibitor adduct (Ki), the inactivation constant of the enzyme-inhibitor adduct (k2), and the bimolecular inhibition constant (k(i)) for the inhibition of Electrophorus electricus acetylcholinesterase by carbamates 1-9 and the Hammett substituent constant (sigma), are observed, and the reaction constants (ps) are -1.36, 0.35 and -1.01, respectively. Therefore, the above reaction may form a positive charged enzyme-inhibitor intermediate at the peripheral anionic site of the enzyme and may follow the irreversible inactivation by a conformational change of the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000838:Anions; D002219:Carbamates / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004491:Edrophonium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004593:Electrophorus; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D002219:Carbamates; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D004491:Edrophonium; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase