Inhibition of Protein Synthesis by RA-VII
β Scribed by B.V. Sirdeshpande; P.L. Toogood
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 476 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0045-2068
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β¦ Synopsis
The antitumor natural product RA-VII has been evaluated as an inhibitor of protein synthesis in vitro. Complete inhibition of protein synthesis in rabbit reticulocyte lysates is observed with (5 \mu \mathrm{m}) RA-VII. Mechanistic studies using purified elongation factors and ribosomes identify RA-VII as a peptidyltransferase inhibitor. Thus. similar to the related natural products bouvardin and RA-XII, RA-VII appears to function by binding to eukaryotic ribosomes. 1945 Academic Press. Inc.
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