Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Okadaic acid is a polyketide that was originally isolated from the marine sponges Halichondria okadaii and H. melanodocia, but was subsequently found to originate in marine plankton which are ingested by the sponges (and other bivalve filter-feeders). It is a toxin in humans, being the causative agent of diarrheic seafood poisoning following the ingestion of contaminated shellfish. Naturally occurring congeners of okadaic acid (acanthafolicin and dinophysis toxins 1-4) are equally potent toxins. Okadaic acid and related compounds inhibit human protein phosphatases PP1 and PP2A [1,3].
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References |
1. Gauss CM, Sheppeck 2nd JE, Nairn AC, Chamberlin R. (1997)
A molecular modeling analysis of the binding interactions between the okadaic acid class of natural product inhibitors and the Ser-Thr phosphatases, PP1 and PP2A. Bioorg Med Chem, 5 (9): 1751-73. [PMID:9354231] |
2. McCluskey A, Keane MA, Walkom CC, Bowyer MC, Sim AT, Young DJ, Sakoff JA. (2002)
The first two cantharidin analogues displaying PP1 selectivity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 12 (3): 391-3. [PMID:11814804] |
3. Sheppeck 2nd JE, Gauss CM, Chamberlin AR. (1997)
Inhibition of the Ser-Thr phosphatases PP1 and PP2A by naturally occurring toxins. Bioorg Med Chem, 5 (9): 1739-50. [PMID:9354230] |