UF Researchers Discover Marine Natural Product off Florida’s Coast That Could Help Fight Cancer
From cyanobacteria blooms found off the Florida coast near Fort Lauderdale, University of Florida researchers have discovered a novel marine natural product that binds to a new site of tubulin, an important target for cancer drugs.
Tubulin is a group of proteins found in the cytoplasm of cells, outside the nucleus. They serve as building blocks of microtubules, which are involved in cellular structure and aid in cell division.
“Tubulin is among the most successfully targeted proteins related to cancer chemotherapy, and there is tremendous interest in discovering new molecules that bind to tubulin,” said Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., a professor and chair of medicinal chemistry and the Debbie and Sylvia DeSantis Chair in Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development in the UF College of Pharmacy and a member of UF Health Cancer Center.
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