5lxt

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Microtubule-stabilizing agents (MSAs) are widely used in chemotherapy. Here, using X-ray crystallography we describe the detailed binding modes of two potent MSAs, (+)-discodermolide (DDM) and the DDM-paclitaxel-hybrid KS-1-199-32, in the taxane pocket of ss-tubulin. Both compounds bind in a very similar hairpin conformation as previously observed in solution. However, they differentially stabilize the M-loop of ss-tubulin: KS-1-199-32 induces an M-loop helical conformation that is not observed for DDM. In the context of the microtubule structure, both MSAs connect the ss-tubulin helices H6 and H7 and loop S9-S10 with the M-loop, which is similar to the structural effects elicited by epothilone A, but distinct from paclitaxel. Together, our data rationalize a differential binding mechanism of DDM and KS-1-199-32 on tubulin.

Structural Basis of Microtubule Stabilization by Discodermolide.,Prota AE, Bargsten K, Redondo M, Smith Iii AB, Yang CH, McDaid HM, Paterson I, Horwitz SB, Diaz JF, Steinmetz MO Chembiochem. 2017 Feb 16. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201600696. PMID:28207984^[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.