The monoclonal antibody AE-2 modulates fetal bovine serum acetylcholinesterase substrate hydrolysis |
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| Authors: | A D Wolfe |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Applied Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100. |
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| Abstract: | The monoclonal antibody (mAb) AE-2 decreases the rate of hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine (ATC) by fetal bovine serum acetylcholinesterase (acetylcholine acetylhydrolase EC 3.1.1.7) (FBS-AChE) (Doctor, B.P. et al. (1989) Proc. 32nd Oholo Conf., Eilat, Israel, in press), but increases the rate of hydrolysis (Vmax) of the nonpolar substrate, indophenyl acetate (IPA) approx. 15-fold. The affinity (Km) of FBS-AChE for IPA changes minimally in comparison with the increase in the rate of hydrolysis. The complex is dissociated, and the modulation of substrate hydrolysis is reversed by the active-center ligand, 1-methyl-2-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium chloride (2-PAM). |
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