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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 264, Issue 7, 3951-3956, Mar, 1989

Chiral nature of covalent methylphosphonyl conjugates of acetylcholinesterase

HA Berman and MM Decker
Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, State University of New York, Buffalo 14260.

This paper examines the chiral nature of the covalent conjugates formed upon reaction of acetylcholinesterase (AchE) with enantiomeric cycloheptyl, isopropyl, and 3,3-dimethylbutyl methylphosphonyl thiocholines. With the exception of the conjugate formed from reaction of AchE with RP-cycloheptyl methylphosphonyl thiocholine, all enantiomeric conjugates underwent oxime reactivation at rates that were within 2-3-fold of each other. Oxime reactivation was, therefore, independent of both initial configuration about phosphorus and the alkyl phosphonyl ester (-OR) moiety. Aging of the enantiomeric cyclopheptyl and isopropyl methylphosphonyl conjugates occurred exclusively for the conjugate formed from the SP-enantiomer and therefore displayed an absolute dependence on the initial configuration of the methylphosphonyl group. Equilibrium titrations with decidium, a fluorescent bisquaternary competitive inhibitor of AchE, provided an index of aging and enantiomeric configuration of the conjugates independent of enzyme activity. Decidium association with the enantiomeric conjugates (prior to aging) showed no marked dependence on the initial configuration about phosphorus but was measurably dependent on nature of the -OR moiety. These results are interpreted with respect to symmetry and nonrigidity of the organophosphonyl conjugates and are consistent with formation of final methylphosphonyl conjugates that are enantiomerically pure and of opposite configuration. These studies indicate that the active center of AchE comprises at least two kinetically distinct environments separate from the esteratic region but located within 5 A of the nucleophilic serine and differing in dipolar characteristics that promote charge separation and general acid catalysis.
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