GW-5074

GW5074 has been used as a potent and selective inhibitor of Raf-1 (c-Raf) which is a serine/threonine protein kinase that signals from Ras to the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway.^1,2) Recently, it has been reported that GW5974 is also an inhibitor of the autophosphorylation of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), which is a large, multidomain protein containing two catalytic domains: a Ras of complex proteins (Roc) G-domain and a kinase domain.^3-6) GW5074 is of interest for studying Parkinson's disease (PD), because mutations in the gene encoding Parkinson’s protein LRRK2 indicate LRRK2 as promising therapeutic target for the treatment of PD. (The product is for research purpose only.)