Molecular Docking, Metal substitution and Hydrolysis reaction of Chiral Substrates of Phosphotriesterase.

Molecular Docking, Metal substitution and Hydrolysis reaction of Chiral Substrates of Phosphotriesterase. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2016 Mar 25; Authors: de Castro AA, Caetano MS, Silva TC, Mancini DT, da Rocha EP, da Cunha EF, Ramalho TC Abstract During World War II, organophosphorus compounds with neurotoxic action were developed and used as the basis for the development of structures currently used as pesticides in the agricultural industry. Among the nerve agents, Tabun, Sarin, Soman and VX are the most important. The factor responsible for the high toxicity of organophosphorus (OP) is the acetylcholinesterase inhibition. However, one of the characterized enzymes capable of degrading OP is Phosphotriesterase (PTE). This enzyme has generated considerable interest for applications of rapid and complete detoxification. Due to the importance of bioremediation methods for the poisoning caused by OP, this work aims to study the interaction mode between the PTE enzyme and organophosphorus compounds, in this case, Sarin, Soman, Tabun and VX have been used, which are potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, taking into account the enantiomers "Rp" and " Sp" of each compound, with the Sp-enantiomers presenting the higher toxicity. With that, we were able to demonstrate the existence of the stereochemical preference by PTE in these compounds. With the purpose of increasing the speed of the hydrolysis mechanism, we have proposed a mod...
Source: Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening - Category: Chemistry Authors: Tags: Comb Chem High Throughput Screen Source Type: research