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. 2013 Aug 15;23(16):4719-22.
doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.05.066. Epub 2013 May 29.

Investigation of the protein alkylation sites of the STAT3:STAT3 inhibitor Stattic by mass spectrometry

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Investigation of the protein alkylation sites of the STAT3:STAT3 inhibitor Stattic by mass spectrometry

Sibylle Heidelberger et al. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. .

Abstract

STAT3 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription factor 3) is constitutively active in a wide range of human tumours. Stattic is one of the first non-peptidic small molecules reported to inhibit formation of the STAT3:STAT3 protein dimer complex. A mass spectrometry method has been developed to investigate the binding of Stattic to the un-phosphorylated STAT3βtc (U-STAT3) protein. Alkylation of four cysteine residues has been observed with possible reaction at a fifth which could account for the mechanism of action.

Keywords: Cancer; Mass spectrometry; Protein:protein interaction inhibitor; STAT3.

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