Binding of the anticancer drug ZD1694 to E. coli thymidylate synthase: assessing specificity and affinity.
Rutenber, E.E., Stroud, R.M.(1996) Structure 4: 1317-1324
- PubMed: 8939755 
- DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(96)00139-6
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2KCE - PubMed Abstract: 
Thymidylate synthase (TS) catalyzes the reductive methylation of deoxyuridine monophosphate (dUMP) by 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate (CH2H4folate) to form deoxythymidine monophosphate (dTMP) and dihydrofolate (H2folate). The essential role of TS in the cell life cycle makes it an attractive target for the development of substrate and cofactor-based inhibitors that may find efficacy as anticancer and antiproliferative drugs ...