HYDROLYSIS OF NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES - PART 12 - FACILITATION OF THE COPPER(II)-PROMOTED DEPHOSPHORYLATION OF ADENOSINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP(4-)) BY THE ANTIVIRAL NUCLEOTIDE ANALOG, 9-[2-(PHOSPHONOMETHOXY)ETHYL]ADENINE (PMEA)
H. Sigel et al., HYDROLYSIS OF NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES - PART 12 - FACILITATION OF THE COPPER(II)-PROMOTED DEPHOSPHORYLATION OF ADENOSINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP(4-)) BY THE ANTIVIRAL NUCLEOTIDE ANALOG, 9-[2-(PHOSPHONOMETHOXY)ETHYL]ADENINE (PMEA), Chemical communications, (11), 1998, pp. 1219-1220
The antiviral PMEA is able to mimic the structuring adenosine 5/-monop
hosphate (AMP(2-)) in the reactive intermediate, [Cu-3(ATP)(AMP)(OH)](
-), and to promote the dephosphorylation of ATP; PMEA is about twice a
s effective as (the ultimate product of this hydrolysis) AMP.