Chemical Name:4-[(2S)-2-[(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)methylamino]-3-oxo-
3-(4-phenyl-1-piperazinyl)propyl] phenyl
isoquinolinesulfonic acid ester
Biological Activity:
Selective, cell-permeable inhibitor
of CaM kinase II (IC50 = 0.9 μM).
Binds directly to the calmodulin binding site of the enzyme. Potent
non-competitive antagonist at the P2X7 receptor (IC50 =
15 nM).
Tokumitsuet al (1990) KN-62,
1-[N-O-bis(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-N-methyl-L-tyrosyl]-4-phenylpiperazine, a
specific inhibitor of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.
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Molecular and cellular pharmacology of a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein
kinase II (CaM kinase II) inhibitor, KN-62, and proposal of CaM kinase
phosphorylation cascades. Adv.Pharmacol. 36 193. Chessell et
al (1998) Effects of antagonists at the human recombinant P2X7
receptor. Br.J.Pharmacol. 124 1314.