Maitansine
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Maytansin
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.047.944 |
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C34H46ClN3O10 |
| Molar mass | 692.20 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Maitansine (INN), or maytansine (USAN), is a cytotoxic agent. It inhibits the assembly of microtubules by binding to tubulin at the rhizoxin binding site.[1] The maytansine binding site and binding mode has been characterized.[2]
It is a macrolide of the ansamycin type and can be isolated from plants of the genus Maytenus.[1]
- ^ a b National Cancer Institute: Definition of Maytansine
- ^ Menchon, Grégory; Prota, Andrea E.; Lucena-Agell, Daniel; Bucher, Pascal; Jansen, Rolf; Irschik, Herbert; Müller, Rolf; Paterson, Ian; Díaz, J. Fernando; Altmann, Karl-Heinz; Steinmetz, Michel O. (2018-05-29). "A fluorescence anisotropy assay to discover and characterize ligands targeting the maytansine site of tubulin". Nature Communications. 9 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 2106. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9.2106M. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04535-8. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5974090. PMID 29844393.