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Second generation transition state analogue inhibitors of human 5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase
Evans, Gary B.,Furneaux, Richard H.,Lenz, Dirk H.,Painter, Gavin F.,Schramm, Vern L.,Singh, Vipender,Tyler, Peter C.
, p. 4679 - 4689 (2005)
The polyamine biosynthetic pathway is a therapeutic target for proliferative diseases because cellular proliferation requires elevated levels of polyamines. A byproduct of the synthesis of spermidine and spermine is 5′-methylthioadenosine (MTA). In humans
