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Product Spotlight: Leptomycin A and B


Leptomycin A, Streptomyces sp.
Cat. No. 431051
An antifungal antibiotic that acts as an inhibitor of nuclear export. Inhibits nucleocytoplasmic translocation of Rev at nanomolar concentrations.

Ref.:
Jones, S.L, et al. Unpublished results; Hamamoto, T., et al. 1985. J. Antibiot. 38, 533; Hamamoto, T., et al. 1983. J. Antibiot. 36, 646; Hamamoto, T., et al. 1983. J. Antibiot. 36, 639.

Leptomycin B, Streptomyces sp.
Cat. No. 431050
Leptomycin B is an unsaturated, branched-chain fatty acid with a terminal lactone ring that acts as a potent inhibitor of Crm1 (exportin-1)-mediated nuclear export. Exhibits antibiotic, antifungal, and antitumor properties and blocks the progression of cell cycle at G1 and G2 phases. Protects p53 from Mdm2-mediated degradation and induces p53 transcriptional activity. Also reported to inhibit the nucleo-cytoplasmic translocation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 regulatory protein Rev. M.W. 540.7.

Ref.: Menéndez, S. et al. 2003. Br. J. Cancer 88, 636; Kudo N, et al. 1999. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 9112; Kuhnt, M., et al. 1998. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64, 714; Wolff, B. et al. 1997. Chem. Biol. 4, 139; Yoshida, M. et al. 1990. Exp. Cell Res. 187, 150; Komiyama, K. et al. 1985. J. Antibiot. 38, 427.

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