Research Article

Virtual Screening and Biological Evaluation of Piperazine Derivatives as Human Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors

Table 4

The residues from each HuAChE active site subsites (Wiesner et al., [27]) and its interaction with derivatives at catalytic site docking.

Biologically active sites of HuAChEResiduesCatalytic site docking
KS1S3S4S7

Catalytic triadSer 203
Glu 334
His 447H-bondH-bond

Oxyanion holeGly 121HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic
Gly 122
Ala 204

Anionic subsiteTrp 86HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic
Tyr 133
Gly 202Hydrophobic
Gly 448Hydrophobic
Ile 451

Acyl binding pocketTrp 236
Phe 295HydrophobicHydrophobic
Phe 297HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic
Phe 338HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic

Peripheral anionic siteAsp 74
Tyr 124 –-Hydrophobic
Ser 125HydrophobicH-bondHydrophobic
Trp 286Hydrophobic
Tyr 337H-bond H-bondH-bondHydrophobicHydrophobic
Tyr 341HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic