Structural Basis of Microtubule Destabilization by Potent Auristatin Anti-Mitotics.

The auristatin class of microtubule destabilizers are highly potent cytotoxic agents against several cancer cell types when delivered as antibody drug conjugates. Here we describe the high resolution structures of tubulin in complex with both monomethyl auristatin E and F and unambiguously define th...

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Main Authors: Andrew B Waight, Katja Bargsten, Svetlana Doronina, Michel O Steinmetz, Django Sussman, Andrea E Prota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4982639?pdf=render