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SUBMITTER: Gustafson WC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160413 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gustafson William Clay WC Meyerowitz Justin Gabriel JG Nekritz Erin A EA Chen Justin J Benes Cyril C Charron Elise E Simonds Erin F EF Seeger Robert R Matthay Katherine K KK Hertz Nicholas T NT Eilers Martin M Shokat Kevan M KM Weiss William A WA
Cancer cell 20140828 3
MYC proteins are major drivers of cancer yet are considered undruggable because their DNA binding domains are composed of two extended alpha helices with no apparent surfaces for small-molecule binding. Proteolytic degradation of MYCN protein is regulated in part by a kinase-independent function of Aurora A. We describe a class of inhibitors that disrupts the native conformation of Aurora A and drives the degradation of MYCN protein across MYCN-driven cancers. Comparison of cocrystal structures ...[more]