Short, strong hydrogen bonds at the active site of human acetylcholinesterase: proton NMR studies

Biochemistry
M A MassiahA S Mildvan

Abstract

Cholinesterases use a Glu-His-Ser catalytic triad to enhance the nucleophilicity of the catalytic serine. We have previously shown by proton NMR that horse serum butyryl cholinesterase, like serine proteases, forms a short, strong hydrogen bond (SSHB) between the Glu-His pair upon binding mechanism-based inhibitors, which form tetrahedral adducts, analogous to the tetrahedral intermediates in catalysis [Viragh, C., et al. (2000) Biochemistry 39, 16200-16205]. We now extend these studies to human acetylcholinesterase, a 136 kDa homodimer. The free enzyme at pH 7.5 shows a proton resonance at 14.4 ppm assigned to an imidazole NH of the active-site histidine, but no deshielded proton resonances between 15 and 21 ppm. Addition of a 3-fold excess of the mechanism-based inhibitor m-(N,N,N-trimethylammonio)trifluoroacetophenone (TMTFA) induced the complete loss of the 14.4 ppm signal and the appearance of a broad, deshielded resonance of equal intensity with a chemical shift delta of 17.8 ppm and a D/H fractionation factor phi of 0.76 +/- 0.10, consistent with a SSHB between Glu and His of the catalytic triad. From an empirical correlation of delta with hydrogen bond lengths in small crystalline compounds, the length of this SSHB is 2...Continue Reading

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