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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S00811/01
Title:	Synthetic Studies on Dienediyne Chromoprotein Antibiotics
Principal Investigator:	Caddick, Professor S
Other Investigators:	Woolfson, Professor DN
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	UCL
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 2003	Ends:	31 March 2007	Value (£):	229,303
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Biological & Medicinal Chem.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Chemicals Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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The dienediyne chromoprotein antibiotics are a class of highly reactive and potent anticancer agents which have found use in the clinic for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. These natural products are isolated from soil bacteria as a natural complex comprising the chromophore non-covalently bound to the apoprotein. The purpose of this project is to assemble core sub-structures of the dienediynes using novel radical, metathesis and aldol chemistry. Recombinant technology has been used to provide access to the apo-protein of NCS and this will be utilised to stablise late-stage intermediates in the planned synthesis of Neocarzinostatin, this would be a novel approach to total synthesis. The work will develop new methods for synthesis and will also underpin ongoing biological studies.
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