K-252a is a staurosporine analog isolated from Nocardiopsis sp. soil fungi. K-252a inhibits protein kinase (IC50: 470 nM, 140 nM, 270 nM, and 1.7 nM for PKC, PKA, Ca2+ calmodulin-dependent kinase type II, and phosphorylasekinase, respectively).
PhosphorylaseKinase β-Subunit Fragment (420-436) is a peptide fragment (430-436) derived from the β-Subunit of phosphorylasekinase. Phosphorylasekinase, a serine threonine-specific protein kinase, plays a crucial role in the activation of glycogen phosphorylase for the release of glucose-1-phosphate from glycogen[1].
7-oxo Staurosporine is an antibiotic originally isolated from S. platensis with diverse biological activites. It inhibits PKC, PKA, phosphorylasekinase, EGFR, and c-Src in vitro (IC50s = 9, 26, 5, 200, and 800 nM, respectively). 7-oxo Staurosporine induces cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase in human leukemia K562 cells with a minimal effective dose (MED) of 30 ng/ml. It is cytotoxic to P388 mouse leukemia cells that are resistant and susceptible to doxorubicin . 7-oxo Staurosporine inhibits growth of the mycelial, but not yeast form of C. albicans, C. krusei, C. tropicalis, and C. lusitaniae (MICs = 3.1-25 μg/ml). It increases sphingomyelin synthesis in CHO-K1 cells when used at a concentration of 50 nM.
The cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena often contaminates the drinking water of rural communities in developing countries and accumulates in mussels, flounder, and cod from the northern Baltic Sea. Nodularin is a hepatotoxic monocylic pentapeptide produced by the N. spumigena. It is a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatase types 1 (PP1) and 2A (PP2A), exhibiting IC50 values of 1.8 and 0.026 nM, respectively. PP2B is inhibited to a lesser extent with an IC50 of 1.8 μM. No apparent inhibitory effect is observed with PP2C, alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, insulin receptor tyrosine kinase, protein kinase A, phosphorylasekinase, or protein kinase C.