Calicheamicin

SKU: orb525630

Description

Calicheamicin, also known as Calicheamicin gamma(1,I) or Calichemicin gamma1, is an potent enediyne antitumor antibiotics derived from the bacterium Micromonospora echinospora. Calicheamicin targets DNA and cause strand scission. Calicheamicin binds with DNA in the minor groove, wherein it then undergos a reaction analogous to the Bergman cyclization to generate a diradical species. This diradical, 1,4-didehydrobenzene, then abstracts hydrogen atoms from the deoxyribose (sugar) backbone of DNA, which ultimately leads to strand scission. The specificity of binding of calicheamicin to the minor groove of DNA is due to the aryltetrasaccharide group of the molecule.

Research Area

Product Categories/Products/Small Molecules,Product Categories/Products/Small Molecules/Inhibitors

Key Properties

• CAS Number: [108212-75-5]
• MW: 1368.34756
• Formula: C₅₅H₇₄N₃O₂₁S₄I
• SMILES: O=C(S[C@@H]1[C@@H](C)O[C@@H](ON[C@@H]2[C@@H](C)OC(O[C@@H](C#C/C=C\C#C[C@@]3(O)C4)C(/C3=C\CSSSC)=C(NC(OC)=O)C4=O)[C@H](O[C@H]5C[C@H](OC)[C@@H](NCC)CO5)[C@H]2O)C[C@@H]1O)C6=C(OC)C(OC)=C(O[C@H]7[C@H](O)[C@H](OC)[C@@H](O)[C@H](C)O7)C(I)=C6C

Storage & Handling

• Expiration Date: 12 months from date of receipt.
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