Yang_2010_J.Phys.Chem.B_114_10889

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Title : Free energy perturbation simulation on transition states and high-activity mutants of human butyrylcholinesterase for (-)-cocaine hydrolysis - Yang_2010_J.Phys.Chem.B_114_10889
Author(s) : Yang W , Pan Y , Fang L , Gao D , Zheng F , Zhan CG
Ref : J Phys Chem B , 114 :10889 , 2010
Abstract :

A unified computational approach based on free energy perturbation (FEP) simulations of transition states has been employed to calculate the mutation-caused shifts of the free energy change from the free enzyme to the rate-determining transition state for (-)-cocaine hydrolysis catalyzed by the currently most promising series of mutants of human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) that contain the A199S/A328W/Y332G mutations. The FEP simulations were followed by Michaelis-Menten kinetics analysis determining the individual k(cat) and K(M) values missing for the A199S/F227A/A328W/Y332G mutant in this series. The calculated mutation-caused shifts of the free energy change from the free enzyme to the rate-determining transition state are in good agreement with the experimental kinetic data, demonstrating that the unified computational approach based on the FEP simulations of the transition states may be valuable for future computational design of new BChE mutants with a further improved catalytic efficiency against (-)-cocaine.

PubMedSearch : Yang_2010_J.Phys.Chem.B_114_10889
PubMedID: 20677742

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Substrate Cocaine

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Yang W, Pan Y, Fang L, Gao D, Zheng F, Zhan CG (2010)
Free energy perturbation simulation on transition states and high-activity mutants of human butyrylcholinesterase for (-)-cocaine hydrolysis
J Phys Chem B 114 :10889

Yang W, Pan Y, Fang L, Gao D, Zheng F, Zhan CG (2010)
J Phys Chem B 114 :10889