Structural Basis for the Improved RNA-Clamping of Amidino-Rocaglates to eIF4A1
James F. Conley, Lauren E. Brown, James Halley McNeely…·Karen N. Allen
This paper presents the X-ray structure of an amidino-rocaglate in complex with eIF4A1 and RNA, showing how its rigid scaffold improves RNA-clamping compared to rocaglamide A.