Pironetin reacts covalently with cysteine-316 of α-tubulin to destabilize microtubule.

Molecules that alter the normal dynamics of microtubule assembly and disassembly include many anticancer drugs in clinical use. So far all such therapeutics target β-tubulin, and structural biology has explained the basis of their action and permitted design of new drugs. However, by shifting the pr...

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Main Authors: Yang, J, Wang, Y, Wang, T, Jiang, J, Botting, C, Liu, H, Chen, Q, Naismith, J, Zhu, X, Chen, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017