M.Abdo
et al.
(2008).
Seleninate in place of phosphate: irreversible inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases.
J Am Chem Soc,
130,
13196-13197.
PubMed id: 18781746
A homotyrosine based seleninic acid irreversibly inhibits protein tyrosine
phosphatases by forming a covalent selenosulfide linkage with the active site
cysteine sulfhydryl specifically. The details of the event are revealed by model
synthetic studies and by kinetic, mass spectrometric, and crystallographic
characterization.