5-Carboxymethyl-2-thiouridine

Names

[ Name ]:
5-Carboxymethyl-2-thiouridine

[Synonym ]:
2-Thio-5-carboxymethyluridine

Biological Activity

[Description]:

5-Carboxymethyl-2-thiouridine is a purine nucleoside analog. Purine nucleoside analogs have broad antitumor activity targeting indolent lymphoid malignancies. Anticancer mechanisms in this process rely on inhibition of DNA synthesis, induction of apoptosis, etc[1].

[Related Catalog]:

Research Areas >> Cancer

Signaling Pathways >> Cell Cycle/DNA Damage >> Nucleoside Antimetabolite/Analog

[References]

[1]. Robak T, Robak P. Purine nucleoside analogs in the treatment of rarer chronic lymphoid leukemias. Curr Pharm Des. 2012;18(23):3373-88.

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C₁₁H₁₄N₂O₇S

[ Molecular Weight ]:
318.30

[ Exact Mass ]:
318.05200

[ PSA ]:
177.36000