Staurosporine

Staurosporine
Clinical data
ATC code
  • none
Identifiers
  • (9S,10R,11R,13R)-2,3,10,11,12,13-Hexahydro-
    10-methoxy-9-methyl-11-(methylamino)-9,13-epoxy-
    1H,9H-diindolo[1,2,3-gh:3',2',1'-lm]pyrrolo[3,4-j][1,7]
    benzodiazonin-1-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
ChemSpider
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ChEBI
ChEMBL
PDB ligand
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.109.946
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC28H26N4O3
Molar mass466.541 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C[C@@]12[C@@H]([C@@H](C[C@@H](O1)n3c4ccccc4c5c3c6n2c7ccccc7c6c8c5C(=O)NC8)NC)OC
  • InChI=1S/C28H26N4O3/c1-28-26(34-3)17(29-2)12-20(35-28)31-18-10-6-4-8-14(18)22-23-16(13-30-27(23)33)21-15-9-5-7-11-19(15)32(28)25(21)24(22)31/h4-11,17,20,26,29H,12-13H2,1-3H3,(H,30,33)/t17-,20-,26-,28+/m1/s1 Y
  • Key:HKSZLNNOFSGOKW-FYTWVXJKSA-N Y
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Staurosporine (antibiotic AM-2282 or STS) is a natural product originally isolated in 1977 from the bacterium Streptomyces staurosporeus. It was the first of over 50 alkaloids that were discovered to share this type of bis-indole chemical structure. The chemical structure of staurosporine was elucidated by X-ray crystalography in 1994.

Staurosporine was discovered to have biological activities ranging from anti-fungal to anti-hypertensive. The interest in these activities resulted in a large investigative effort in chemistry and biology and the discovery of the potential for anti-cancer treatment.