A secondary carboxamide resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of 3-(2-fluoro-4-iodoanilino)pyridine-4-carboxylic acid with the amino group of (2S)-3-aminopropane-1,2-diol. It is a potent inhibitor of the mitogen-activated protein kinases MEK1 and MEK2 with potential antineoplastic activity.
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An EC 2.7.12.* [dual-specificity kinases (those acting on Ser/Thr and Tyr residues)] inhibitor that inhibits the action of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (EC 2.7.12.2).