Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry

Structure–activity relationship studies of naphthol AS-E and its derivatives as anticancer agents by inhibiting CREB-mediated gene transcription

BX Li, K Yamanaka, X Xiao

Index: Li, Bingbing X.; Yamanaka, Kinrin; Xiao, Xiangshu Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 20, # 23 p. 6811 - 6820

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Abstract

CREB (cyclic AMP-response element binding protein) is a downstream transcription factor of a multitude of signaling pathways emanating from receptor tyrosine kinases or G-protein coupled receptors. CREB is not activated until it is phosphorylated at Ser133 and its subsequent binding to CREB-binding protein (CBP) through kinase-inducible domain (KID) in CREB and KID-interacting (KIX) domain in CBP. Tumor tissues from various organs ...