UPCDC30245

UPCDC30245 is an allosteric inhibitor of AAA ATPase p97, also called valosine containing protein (VCP). p97 is an integral component of the ubiquitin fusion degradation (UFD) pathway. It plays a role in degradation of misfolded proteins, Golgi membrane reassembly, membrane transport, myofibril assembly, autophagosome maturation, and cell division, and is overexpressed in many tumor types. UPCDC30245 has an IC₅₀ value of 27 nM, and has been shown to bind at the junction between the D1 and D2 domains of p97. UPCDC30245 has been used in cryo-ECM to show how such inhibitor binding prevents the confomational changes necessary for p97 function.