Research Article

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

Table 5

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

Biologically active sites of HuAChEResiduesPAS site docking
KS1S3S4S7

Catalytic triadSer 203
Glu 334
His 447Hydrophobic

Oxyanion holeGly 121HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic
Gly 122
Ala 204

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

Acyl binding pocketTrp 236
Phe 295H-bondHydrophobicHydrophobic
Phe 297HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic
Phe 338HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic

Peripheral anionic siteAsp 74
Tyr 124H-bondHydrophobic
Ser 125
Trp 286HydrophobicHydrophobichydrophobicHydrophobic
Tyr 337HydrophobicH-bondH-bondHydrophobicHydrophobic
Tyr 341HydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobicHydrophobic