Tenofovir-Amino Acid Conjugates Act as Polymerase Substrates-Implications for Avoiding Cellular Phosphorylation in the Discovery of Nucleotide Analogues.
Gu, W., Martinez, S., Nguyen, H., Xu, H., Herdewijn, P., De Jonghe, S., Das, K.(2020) J Med Chem 
- PubMed: 33356231 
- DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01747
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7AHX, 7AIG, 7AIJ, 7AII, 7AID, 7AIF - PubMed Abstract: 
Nucleotide analogues are used for treating viral infections such as HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2. To become polymerase substrates, a nucleotide analogue must be phosphorylated by cellular kinases which is rate-limiting. Th ...