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SUBMITTER: Hoang TT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5418131 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hoang Trish T TT Smith Thomas P TP Raines Ronald T RT
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20170125 10
Angiogenin (ANG) is a human ribonuclease that is compromised in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ANG also promotes neovascularization, and can induce hemorrhage and encourage tumor growth. The causal neurodegeneration of ALS is associated with reactive oxygen species, which are also known to elicit the oxidative cleavage of carbon-boron bonds. We have developed a synthetic boronic acid mask that restrains the ribonucleolytic activity of ANG. The masked ANG does not stimulate en ...[more]