Facilitation of the copper(II)-promoted dephosphorylation of adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP4–) by the antiviral nucleotide analogue, 9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)ethyl]adenine (PMEA)‡
Abstract
The antiviral PMEA is able to mimic the structuring adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP2–) in the reactive intermediate, [Cu3(ATP)(AMP)(OH)]–, and to promote the dephosphorylation of ATP; PMEA is about twice as effective as (the ultimate product of this hydrolysis) AMP.