Computational enzymology for degradation of chemical warfare agents: promising technologies for remediation processes

Alexandre A. de Castro; Letícia C. Assis; Daniela R. Silva; Silviana Corrêa; Tamiris M. Assis; Giovanna C. Gajo; Flávia V. Soares; Teodorico C. Ramalho; Alexandre A. de Castro; Letícia C. Assis; Daniela R. Silva; Silviana Corrêa; Tamiris M. Assis; Giovanna C. Gajo; Flávia V. Soares; Teodorico C. Ramalho

doi:10.3934/microbiol.2017.1.108

AIMS Microbiology

2017, Volume 3, Issue 1: 108-135. doi: 10.3934/microbiol.2017.1.108

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Computational enzymology for degradation of chemical warfare agents: promising technologies for remediation processes

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Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Lavras, 37200-000, Lavras, Brazil
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Center for Basic and Applied Research, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 50003, Czech Republic

Received: 15 December 2016 Accepted: 14 February 2017 Published: 14 March 2017

Chemical weapons are a major worldwide problem, since they are inexpensive, easy to produce on a large scale and difficult to detect and control. Among the chemical warfare agents, we can highlight the organophosphorus compounds (OP), which contain the phosphorus element and that have a large number of applications. They affect the central nervous system and can lead to death, so there are a lot of works in order to design new effective antidotes for the intoxication caused by them. The standard treatment includes the use of an anticholinergic combined to a central nervous system depressor and an oxime. Oximes are compounds that reactivate Acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a regulatory enzyme responsible for the transmission of nerve impulses, which is one of the molecular targets most vulnerable to neurotoxic agents. Increasingly, enzymatic treatment becomes a promising alternative; therefore, other enzymes have been studied for the OP degradation function, such as phosphotriesterase (PTE) from bacteria, human serum paraoxonase 1 (HssPON1) and diisopropyl fluorophosphatase (DFPase) that showed significant performances in OP detoxification. The understanding of mechanisms by which enzymes act is of extreme importance for the projection of antidotes for warfare agents, and computational chemistry comes to aid and reduce the time and costs of the process. Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamics and QM/MM (quantum-mechanics/molecular-mechanics) are techniques used to investigate the molecular interactions between ligands and proteins.
- enzymatic biodegradation,
- warfare nerve agents,
- computational methods,
- oximes
Citation: Alexandre A. de Castro, Letícia C. Assis, Daniela R. Silva, Silviana Corrêa, Tamiris M. Assis, Giovanna C. Gajo, Flávia V. Soares, Teodorico C. Ramalho. Computational enzymology for degradation of chemical warfare agents: promising technologies for remediation processes[J]. AIMS Microbiology, 2017, 3(1): 108-135. doi: 10.3934/microbiol.2017.1.108

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Chemical weapons are a major worldwide problem, since they are inexpensive, easy to produce on a large scale and difficult to detect and control. Among the chemical warfare agents, we can highlight the organophosphorus compounds (OP), which contain the phosphorus element and that have a large number of applications. They affect the central nervous system and can lead to death, so there are a lot of works in order to design new effective antidotes for the intoxication caused by them. The standard treatment includes the use of an anticholinergic combined to a central nervous system depressor and an oxime. Oximes are compounds that reactivate Acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a regulatory enzyme responsible for the transmission of nerve impulses, which is one of the molecular targets most vulnerable to neurotoxic agents. Increasingly, enzymatic treatment becomes a promising alternative; therefore, other enzymes have been studied for the OP degradation function, such as phosphotriesterase (PTE) from bacteria, human serum paraoxonase 1 (HssPON1) and diisopropyl fluorophosphatase (DFPase) that showed significant performances in OP detoxification. The understanding of mechanisms by which enzymes act is of extreme importance for the projection of antidotes for warfare agents, and computational chemistry comes to aid and reduce the time and costs of the process. Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamics and QM/MM (quantum-mechanics/molecular-mechanics) are techniques used to investigate the molecular interactions between ligands and proteins.

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