Small molecule induced reactivation of mutant p53 in cancer cells.
Liu, X., Wilcken, R., Joerger, A.C., Chuckowree, I.S., Amin, J., Spencer, J., Fersht, A.R.(2013) Nucleic Acids Res 41: 6034-6044
- PubMed: 23630318 
- DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt305
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3ZME - PubMed Abstract: 
The p53 cancer mutant Y220C is an excellent paradigm for rescuing the function of conformationally unstable p53 mutants because it has a unique surface crevice that can be targeted by small-molecule stabilizers. Here, we have identified a compound, PK7088, which is active in vitro: PK7088 bound to the mutant with a dissociation constant of 140 μM and raised its melting temperature, and we have determined the binding mode of a close structural analogue by X-ray crystallography ...