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. 1966 Aug;100(2):525–531. doi: 10.1042/bj1000525

Measurement of the affinity and phosphorylation constants governing irreversible inhibition of cholinesterases by di-isopropyl phosphorofluoridate

A R Main 1, F Iverson 1
PMCID: PMC1265167  PMID: 5968549

Abstract

1. A procedure is described for determining the affinity constant Ka and the phosphorylation constant kp for the inhibition by di-isopropyl phosphorofluoridate of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase and serum cholinesterase. The procedure depends on the use of a specially designed reaction vessel with which incubation times as short as 1·2sec. could be obtained at any convenient temperature. 2. The Ka of acetylcholinesterase decreased from 1·58 (±0·22)×10−3m at 5° to 1·17 (±0·10)×10−3m at 25° and the associated change in enthalpy was 2980 cal. 3. The kp of acetylcholinesterase increased from 11·9 (±0·7)min.−1 at 5° to 40·7 (±1·4)min.−1 at 25°, indicating an activational energy of 9600 cal. The change in entropy associated with Ka was 23·5 cal. degree−1 at 25°. 4. At 5°, the Ka and kp of serum cholinesterase were 9·95 (±1·10)×10−6m and 11·2 (±0·63)min.−1 respectively. 5. The 150-fold difference in the inhibitory power of di-isopropyl phosphorofluoridate for the two cholinesterases was attributed entirely to differences in affinity.

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