Kinome-wide selectivity profiling of a collection of 2-amino-pyrido [2, 3-d] pyrimidines followed by cellular structure− activity relationship-guided optimization resulted in the identification of moderately potent and selective inhibitors of BMK1/ERK5 exemplified by 11, 18, and 21. For example, 11 possesses a dissociation constant (K d) for BMK1 of 19 nM, a cellular IC50 for inhibiting epidermal growth factor induced BMK1 autophosphorylation of ...