Sustainable Syntheses of (−)-Jerantinines A & E and Structural Characterisation of the Jerantinine-Tubulin Complex at the Colchicine Binding Site

Abstract The jerantinine family of Aspidosperma indole alkaloids from Tabernaemontana corymbosa are potent microtubule-targeting agents with broad spectrum anticancer activity. The natural supply of these precious metabolites has been significantly disrupted due to the inclusion of T. corymbosa on t...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Smedley, Paul A. Stanley, Mohannad E. Qazzaz, Andrea E. Prota, Natacha Olieric, Hilary Collins, Harry Eastman, Andrew S. Barrow, Kuan-Hon Lim, Toh-Seok Kam, Brian J. Smith, Hendrika M. Duivenvoorden, Belinda S. Parker, Tracey D. Bradshaw, Michel O. Steinmetz, John E. Moses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28880-2