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Authors: Kristen Procko*^1,2, Vishal Patel¹, Giani Tah¹, Michael The¹, Shravya Yarlagadda¹, Kathleen Cornely^**2; where ¹ College of Natural Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and ² Providence College, Providence, RI

Contact: *kristen.procko@austin.utexas.edu (for Parts I and II) and **kcornely@providence.edu (for Parts III and IV) of the case study

Citation: http://dx.doi.org/10.25334/SYD0-0Q50 || Adaptations: See links below || Instructors: Login for Teacher View.

Work funded by NSF grant # DBI 1827011; 2018884

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Molecules explored: The active site, mechanism, and modes of inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase are explored in this case.

Abstract
Keywords: Nerve transmission, acetylcholinesterase, enzyme structure and function, enzyme kinetics, enzyme mechanism, enzyme inhibition
Discipline(s): Biochemistry
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Case Study in Parts (Student Version)
- Part I - Introduction; Going deeper
- Part II - Exploring structure iCn3D, PyMOL
- Part III - Mechanism
- Part IV - Kinetics

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