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Published on: February 2, 2018
DNA alkylation properties of yatakemycin
Jay P Parrish1, David B Kastrinsky, Scott E Wolkenberg
1Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Abstract:
Yatakemycin represents the newest and now most potent member of a class of naturally occurring antitumor compounds that includes CC-1065 and the duocarmycins, which derive their biological properties from a characteristic DNA alkylation reaction. Herein, the first description of the yatakemycin DNA alkylation properties is detailed, constituting the first such study of a naturally occurring "sandwiched" member of this class. Thus, the event, sequence selectivity, relative rate and efficiency, and reversibility of the DNA alkylation reaction of yatakemycin are described.
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