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. 2008 Dec;72(4):590–641. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00016-08

TABLE 14.

Phosphate analogs

Name or abbreviation Molecular formula Inhibitory potency (reference)
Arsenate AsO4 84% inhibition at 4.6 mM at low conc of phosphate (40 μM) (bovine heart MF1-ATPase) (307)
Aluminum fluoride AlF3 and AlF4 10 μMa of AlCl3 in the presence of 5 mM NaF and 100 μM ADP (bovine heart MF1-ATPase) (243)
Beryllium fluoride BeF+, BeF2, and BeF3 10 μMa of BeCl2 in the presence of 5 mM NaF and 100 μM ADP (bovine heart MF1-ATPase) (243); 20 μMa of BeCl2 in the presence of 2.5 mM NaF with 80 μM ADP with 50 mM Cl (45 min incubation), 20 mM SO42− (14 min incubation), or 20 mM SO3 (2 min incubation) (bovine heart MF1-ATPase) (187)
Scandium fluoride ScFx 60 μMa and 95% inhibition at 0.3 mM in the presence of 2.5 mM MgSO4, 1 mM ADP, and 10 mM NaF (279)
Vanadate VO43− and VO3 VO43−, 50% inhibition in ∼45 min and ∼80% inhibition in ∼2 h at 200 μM in the presence of 200 μM each of MgCl2 and ADP (rat liver MF1-ATPase) (210); VO3, 30% inhibition at 300 μM (V. parahaemolyticus F1-ATPase) (344)
Magnesium fluoride MgFx 50% inhibition at 1mM NaADP, 1 mM NaF, and 11-12 mM MgCl2 with 5-12 h preincubation (EF1-ATPase) (5)
Sulfite SO32− 3.5 mMa and maximal 70% at 10 mM (P. denitrificans F0F1, ATP synthesis) (295)
Thiophosphate SPO33− Km, 1.5 μM in the presence of 1 mM from 4.5 μM in the absence (pea SMP-ATP synthesis) (254)
Azide N3 ∼10−5 Mb (bovine heart MF1-ATPase) (412); ∼25 μMb (EF1-ATPase) (287); 71% inhibition at 1 mM (V. parahaemolyticus F1-ATPase) (344); >90% inhibition at 0.5 mM (EF1-ATPase) (287); 55% inhibition at 500 μM (C. thermoaceticum F1-ATPase) (190)
ANPP C6H4N4O6P 25 μMa (spinach CF1-ATPase, photoinactivation) (321); 60 μMb in the dark (bovine heart MF1-ATPase) (227)
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