X‐ray crystal structure of sangivamycin, a potent inhibitor of protein kinases

Abstract
The X‐ray crystal structure of sangivamycin, a potent nucleoside inhibitor of protein kinases, has been determined. Sangivamycin crystallizes from water with its purine ring in a conformation anti to its ribose sugar. Such an anti conformation has been detected in solution for sangivamycin and other potent protein kinase inhibitors and appears to correlate with inhibitor potency [(1990) Biochemistry (in press)]. An intramolecular hydrogen bond between purine ring substituents is detected in the X‐ray structure and may be an important structural feature of sangivamycin related to its degree of inhibition of rhodopsin kinase and of protein kinases C and A.