AZ191 selectively inhibits DYRK1B serine/threonine kinase activity with no effect on tyrosine kinase autophosphorylation. In HEK-293 cells, AZ191 also displays much greater potency for DYRK1B over DYRK1A, inhibiting CCND1 phosphorylation. In HD1B cells, AZ191 strongly inhibits the levels of the cell-cycle regulators, p21 and p27, and increases cell-cycle progression.