Natural Products, Synthetic and Non-Nucleoside Compounds as Inhibitors of Enzymes Related to DNA: Update 2013

This review article tries to be an update of 2008 Pungitore´s review. Again, this paper tries to summarize the investigation about natural products, synthetic and non-nucleoside compounds with the ability to inhibit enzymes that play a crucial role in DNA metabolism such as replication, transcriptio...

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Autor: Pungitore, Carlos Rodolfo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/5853
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/5853
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dna Polymerases
Natural Products
Inhibitors
Topoisomerases
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Sumario:This review article tries to be an update of 2008 Pungitore´s review. Again, this paper tries to summarize the investigation about natural products, synthetic and non-nucleoside compounds with the ability to inhibit enzymes that play a crucial role in DNA metabolism such as replication, transcription, retro-transcription, recombination, and chromosome segregation during mitosis. The focus is placed on DNA polymerases, topoisomerases and reverse transcriptase inhibitors because most of the literature emphasized on their inhibitory activity. A great diversity of chemical compounds encompassing triterpenes, flavonoids, chromones, lipids, iridoids, phytosterols, coumarins, anthracyclines, quinones, protoberberines, tannins, lignans, acetogenins, benzimidazoles and other natural products, produced by different species of organisms, have inhibitory activities against enzymes related to DNA metabolism allowing these enzymes to arise as important molecular targets for cancer and AIDS research.