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SUBMITTER: Hou C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533888 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hou Caixia C Rohr Jürgen J Parkin Sean S Tsodikov Oleg V OV
MedChemComm 20190328 5
An aureolic acid natural product mithramycin (MTM) has been known for its potent antineoplastic properties. MTM inhibits cell growth by binding in the minor groove of double-stranded DNA as a dimer, in which the two molecules of MTM are coordinated to each other through a divalent metal ion. A crystal structure of an MTM analogue, MTM SA-Phe, in the active metal ion-coordinated dimeric form demonstrates how the stereochemical features of MTM define the helicity of the dimeric scaffold for its bi ...[more]