| Literature DB >> 2717946 |
N Zein1, M Poncin, R Nilakantan, G A Ellestad.
Abstract
Calicheamicin gamma 1I is a recently discovered diyne-ene-containing antitumor antibiotic that cleaves DNA in a double-stranded fashion, a rarity among drugs, at specific sequences. It is proposed that the cutting specificity is due to a combination of the complementarity of the diyne-ene portion of the aglycone with DNA secondary structures and stabilization by association of the thiobenzoate-carbohydrate tail with the minor groove.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2717946 DOI: 10.1126/science.2717946
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728