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SUBMITTER: Milczek EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2706497 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Milczek Erika M EM Bonivento Daniele D Binda Claudia C Mattevi Andrea A McDonald Ian A IA Edmondson Dale E DE
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20081201 24
Mechanistic and structural studies have been carried out to investigate the molecular basis for the irreversible inhibition of human MAO-B by mofegiline. Competitive inhibition with substrate shows an apparent K(i) of 28 nM. Irreversible inhibition of MAO-B occurs with a 1:1 molar stoichiometry with no observable catalytic turnover. The absorption spectral properties of mofegiline inhibited MAO-B show features (lambda(max) approximately 450 nm) unlike those of traditional flavin N(5) or C(4a) ad ...[more]