Binding-Pocket and Lid-Region Substitutions Render Human STING Sensitive to the Species-Specific Drug DMXAA.
Gao, P., Zillinger, T., Wang, W., Ascano, M., Dai, P., Hartmann, G., Tuschl, T., Deng, L., Barchet, W., Patel, D.J.(2014) Cell Rep 8: 1668-1676
- PubMed: 25199835 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.08.010
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4QXO, 4QXP, 4QXQ, 4QXR - PubMed Abstract: 
The drug DMXAA (5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid) showed therapeutic promise against solid tumors in mouse models but subsequently failed in human clinical trials. DMXAA was later discovered to activate mouse, but not human, STING, an adaptor protein in the cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP-mediated signaling pathway, inducing type I interferon expression ...