carfilzomib
View Patient InformationAn epoxomicin derivate with potential antineoplastic activity. Carfilzomib irreversibly binds to and inhibits the chymotrypsin-like activity of the 20S catalytic core subunit of the proteasome, a protease complex responsible for degrading a large variety of cellular proteins. Inhibition of proteasome-mediated proteolysis results in an accumulation of polyubiquinated proteins, which may lead to cell cycle arrest, induction of apoptosis, and inhibition of tumor growth.
| US brand name: | Kyprolis |
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| Foreign brand name: | Carfilnat |
| Abbreviation: | CFZ |
| Code name: | PR-171 |
| Chemical structure: | (2S)-N-((1S)-1-benzyl-2-(((1S)-3-methyl-1-(((2R)-2-methyloxiran-2-yl)carbonyl)butyl)amino)-2-oxoethyl)-4-methyl-2-(((2S)-2-((morpholin-4-ylacetyl)amino)-4-phenylbutanoyl)amino)pentanamide |