title: DNA alkylation properties of yatakemycin.
abstract: Yatakemycin represents the newest and now most potent member of a class of naturally occurring antitumor compounds that includes CC-1065 and the duocarmycins, which derive their biological properties from a characteristic DNA alkylation reaction. Herein, the first description of the yatakemycin DNA alkylation properties is detailed, constituting the first such study of a naturally occurring "sandwiched" member of this class. Thus, the event, sequence selectivity, relative rate and efficiency, and reversibility of the DNA alkylation reaction of yatakemycin are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Jay P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Parrish
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kastrinsky
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Wolkenberg
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Dale L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Boger
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation / Q000187:drug effects; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000080890:Duocarmycins; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000080890:Duocarmycins; D007211:Indoles; D011758:Pyrroles; C474180:yatakemycin; D004247:DNA