TABLE 1

Properties of the kinase and phosphatase inhibitors and NaAsO2


Enzyme

Agent

EC50

Conc. Useda

Mechanism

References
μM
p38 SB 203580 0.6 30 Competitive binding in the ATP pocket Woo et al. (2005)
SKF 86002 1 30 Competitive binding in the ATP pocket Prabhakar et al. (1993); Pelaia et al. (2005)
JNK SP 600125 0.19 30 Competes with ATP to inhibit the enzyme Woo et al. (2005)
Dicumarol 5 15 Blocks stress signaling by the inhibition of quinone reductase Cross et al. (1999)
ERK PD 98059 2 50 Inhibits activation of ERK by blocking upstream enzyme mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase English and Cobb (2002); Woo et al. (2005)
U 0126 0.5 30 Inhibits activation of ERK by blocking upstream enzyme mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase English and Cobb (2002); Hirst et al. (2002)
PKC Chelerythrine 0.66 20 Competitive binding to the phosphate acceptor of the enzyme Herbert et al. (1990)
PI-3-K LY 294002 1.4 50 Blocks the ATP-binding site of the enzyme Vlahos et al. (1994)
CaM-K-II KN-62 1 20 Binds directly to the calmodulin binding site of the enzyme Tokumitsu et al. (1990); Massé and Kelly (1997)
MLCK ML-7 0.3 30 Inhibits the binding of ATP to MLCK Shen et al. (2002); Göggel and Uhlig (2005)
Phosphatase Na3VO4 30-50 300 Analog to phosphate intermediates Gordon (1991); Pugazhenthi et al. (1996)
Stress-activated protein kinases
NaAsO2
60
300
Stress inducer (activates stress-sensitive protein kinases)
Ludwig et al. (1998); Flatman and Creanor (1999)
  • a Concentrations (Conc.) commonly reported in literature were used in this study.