Description: W-7 hydrochloride (W-7 HCl), a calmodulin antagonist, inhibits Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase and phosphodiesterase, W-7 hydrochloride induces apoptosis and has antitumor activity. Target: Apoptosis, CaMK, Myosin, PDE. Smiles: C1=CC2=C(C=CC=C2Cl)C(=C1)S(=O)(=O)NCCCCCCN.Cl....

Calmodulin is a calcium-dependent protein that regulates the activity of a diverse array of enzymes, ion channels, and other proteins and thus has diverse roles in cell function. W-7 is a cell-permeable antagonist of calmodulin (Ki = 11 µM). Two molecules of W-7 bind to calcium-binding domains in each calmodulin...

W7 is a vascular relaxing agent which affects vascular smooth muscle actomyosin. W7, a Protein Kinase Inhibitor, is an inhibitor of actomyosin superprecipitation, produces relaxation of isolated rabbit arterial strips and antagonizes the contraction of the strips induced by various contractile agonists. W7 is also a...