GSK3368715 is an orally active, reversible, and S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) uncompetitive type I protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) inhibitor (IC50s: 3.1 nM (PRMT1), 48 nM (PRMT3), 1148 nM (PRMT4), 5.7 nM (PRMT6), 1.7 nM (PRMT8)). It has strong anti-cancer activity.
Furamidine is a cell-permeable, selective inhibitor of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1). Furamidine binds to strings of AT base pair sequences in DNA′s minor groove. Furamidine targets the enzyme active site and is primarily competitive with t
Furamidine is also a selective and cell-permeable protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) inhibitor with an IC50 of 9.4 μM. Furamidine is selective for PRMT1 over PRMT5, PRMT6, and PRMT4 (CARM1) (IC50s of 166 μM, 283 μM, and >400 μM, respectively). Furamidine (DB75) is abisbenzamidine derivative and an antiparasite agent. Furamidine is a potent, reversible and competitive tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP-1) inhibitor. Inhibition of TDP-1 by Furamidine is effective both with single- and double-stranded DNA substrates but is slightly stronger with the duplex DNA.