Leptomycin B
Nuclear export inhibitor / Inhibitor of nuclear export of proteins. Acts via covalent binding to and inhibiting CRM1/exportin-11. Inhibits the nuclear export of the HIV regulatory protein Rev2. Stabilizes p53 by blocking its nuclear export3.
Biochemicals & reagents
87081-35-4
1) Kudo et al. (1998), Leptomycin B inhibition of signal-mediated nuclear export by direct binding to CRM1; Exp. Cell Res., 242 540 2) Wolff et al. (1997), Leptomycin B is an inhibitor of nuclear export: inhibition of nucleo-cytoplasmic translocation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev protein and Rev-dependent mRNA; Chem. Biol., 4 139 3) Freedman and Levine (1998), Nuclear export is required for degradation of endogenous p53 by MDM2 and human papillomavirus E6; Mol. Cell. Biol., 18 7288
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TARGET: Antibiotic -- PATHWAY: Nuclear transport; Cell cycle; p53; Mitochondrial function; Senescence -- DISEASE AREA: Infectious disease