Ligand binding properties of acetylcholinesterase determined with fluorescent probes.
Ligand binding properties of acetylcholinesterase determined with fluorescent probes.
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用荧光探针测定乙酰胆碱酯酶的配体结合特性。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00708a010
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发表时间:
1974
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
D. Sigman
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作者:
G. Mooser;D. Sigman
Gregory Mooser $ and David S. Sigman* § abstract: The fluorescent probes,(V-methylacridinium ion and bis (3-aminopyridinium)-l, 10-decane, have been used to monitor the ligand binding properties of acetylcholinesterase from electric eel. The displacement of the probes by choliner-gic ligands is characterized by an increase of probe fluorescence as a function of displacing ligand concentration. Nonlinear least-squares regression analyses have been used to fit the data to three ligandbinding models. The results indicatethat d-tubocurarine and perhaps gallamine can bind to a peripheral ligand binding site on the enzyme which is distinct from the substrate binding site at the catalytic site. The ligand binding properties of the enzyme are very sensitive to ionic strength. At an ionic strength of 0.16 m,¿/-tubocurarine binds exclusively to the peripheral site whereas at an ionic strength of 0.002 m this receptor antagonist binds both to the catalytic site and the peripheral site. One possible conclusion from these results is that at least two conformationally distinct forms of the solubilized enzyme exist. The peripheral binding site is likely the same site which binds thesecond cationic group of the cholinergic ligand, decamethonium, and the fluorescent probe, bis (3-aminopyridinium)-l, 10-decane. Ligand binding at the peripheral site destabilizes binding at the catalytic site. Both fluorescent probes should be useful in examining the ligand binding properties of the acetylcholine receptor pro-tein.