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Structural formula of imatinib
Imatinib da structurally similar to ATP, competes with ATP for the occupation of its specific binding pocket within the kinase domain of the BCR-ABL protein.
Instead of ATP, imatinib (IM) occupies the binding pocket within the BCR-ABL and phosphorylation of tyrosine molecules cannot take place.