Protein Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 1, 27-34,
January 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
Molecular modeling of the collagen-like tail of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase
Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, PO Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
The asymmetric form of acetylcholinesterase comprises three catalytic tetramers attached to ColQ, a collagen-like tail responsible for the anchorage of the enzyme to the synaptic basal lamina. ColQ is composed of an N-terminal domain which interacts with the catalytic subunits of the enzyme, a central collagen-like domain and a C-terminal globular domain. In particular, the collagen-like domain of ColQ contains two heparin-binding domains which interact with heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the basal lamina. A three-dimensional model of the collagen-like domain of the tail of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase was constructed. The model presents an undulated shape that results from the presence of a substitution and an insertion in the Gly-X-Y repeating pattern, as well as from low imino-acid regions. Moreover, this model permits the analysis of interactions between the heparin-binding domains of ColQ and heparin, and could also prove useful in the prediction of interaction domains with other putative basal lamina receptors.
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