Helmut Sigel, Claudia A. Blindauer, Claudia A. Blindauer, Antonín Holý and Hana Dvořáková
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.