The molecule is a sulfonamide obtained by formal condensation of the sulfo group of 5-(dimethylamino)naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid with one of the amino groups of cadaverine. It has a role as a fluorochrome, a protective agent and an EC 2.3.2.13 (protein-glutamine gamma-glutamyltransferase) inhibitor. It is a sulfonamide, an aminonaphthalene, a tertiary amino compound and a primary amino compound. It derives from a cadaverine.
N-(5-aminopentyl)-5-(dimethylamino)naphthalene-1-sulfonamide