Publication Abstract from PubMed
The structure of epothilone A, bound to alpha,beta-tubulin in zinc-stabilized sheets, was determined by a combination of electron crystallography at 2.89 angstrom resolution and nuclear magnetic resonance-based conformational analysis. The complex explains both the broad-based epothilone structure-activity relationship and the known mutational resistance profile. Comparison with Taxol shows that the longstanding expectation of a common pharmacophore is not met, because each ligand exploits the tubulin-binding pocket in a unique and independent manner.
The binding mode of epothilone A on alpha,beta-tubulin by electron crystallography.,Nettles JH, Li H, Cornett B, Krahn JM, Snyder JP, Downing KH Science. 2004 Aug 6;305(5685):866-9. PMID:15297674[1]
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