CLK inhibitor CTX-712

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-012641",
  "term": "CLK inhibitor CTX-712",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "An orally bioavailable inhibitor of CLK family kinases, with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon oral administration, CLK inhibitor CTX-712 binds to and inhibits the activity of CLK family kinases, thereby inhibiting the phosphorylation of serine/arginine-rich (SR) domain-containing splicing factors (SFs). This modulates RNA splicing, prevents the expression of certain tumor-associated genes, and inhibits tumor cell proliferation. In many cancer cells, core spliceosome proteins, including SF3B1, U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein auxiliary factor 1 (U2AF1), serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 2 (SRSF2) and U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein auxiliary factor subunit-related protein 2 (ZRSR2), are mutated and aberrantly activated leading to a dysregulation of mRNA splicing. CLK family kinases, an evolutionarily conserved group of kinases, phosphorylates various SR proteins including SR domain-containing SFs.",
  "synonyms": [
    "splicing modulator CTX-712"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/clk-inhibitor-ctx-712/"
}