Enzymatic synthesis of [U-14C] ribose-labeled inosine. |
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Authors: | U Mura F Sgarrella P L Ipata |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 USA |
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Abstract: | A very potent anticholinesterase compound, 7-(diethoxyphosphinyloxy)-N-methylquinolinium fluorosulfate, has been used to determine the normality of acetylcholinesterase solutions. The inhibitor reacts rapidly and completely with acetylcholinesterase. The bimolecular rate constant is 2.5 × 108m?1 min?1 and the equilibrium constant is about 106. The reaction produces an inactive diethylphosphoryl enzyme in which the active serine is phosphorylated. The reaction produces the highly fluorescent 1-methyl-7-hydroxyquinolinium dipolar ion as a leaving group. The inhibited enzyme is quite stable and hydrolyzes to produce active enzyme only at the rate of 0.04%/min. The inhibitor was used in two ways for measuring the normality of acetylcholinesterase solutions: (1) The very fast reaction of the inhibitor with cholinesterase makes it convenient to determine the normality of enzyme solutions by measuring the decrease in enzyme activity caused by the addition of an accurately known quantity of the inhibitor. (2) The highly fluorescent nature of the leaving group makes it possible to measure the low concentration that is produced by the reaction of excess inhibitor with the enzyme. The two methods yielded activities per site of 6.9 × 105 min?1 and 7.3 × 105 min?1 using enzyme normalities of 1–2 × 10?8m and 1–5 × 10?m, respectively, using a commercial 11 S enzyme preparation from electric eel and acetylthiocholine as the enzyme substrate. |
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