Abstract:
:The antiherpetic agent 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (araA) needs to be phosphorylated to its 5'-triphosphate to be effective as an inhibitor of herpes simplex virus replication. Adenosine kinase and deoxycytidine kinase are assumed to convert araA to its 5'-monophosphate. We now found that araAMP is converted to its 5'-triphosphate through a direct pyrophosphate transfer from 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) by PRPP synthetase. The efficiency of phosphorylation of araAMP to araATP is about 5% of that of AMP, as estimated from their Vmax/Km ratios for PRPP synthetase. AraATP is converted to araAMP by PRPP synthetase at a 4-fold higher Km but similar Vmax as ATP.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Balzarini J,De Clercq Edoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(05)80855-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-12-31 00:00:00pages
781-7issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
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173pub_type
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