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. 2008 Feb 4;78(1):9–25. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.01.004

Fig. 20.

Fig. 20

Mechanism of action of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAH) inhibitors. SAH is a product-inhibitor of methylation reactions including those that are required for the maturation (5′-capping) of viral mRNAs. Through the hydrolysis of SAH, SAH hydrolase prevents the accumulation of SAH that would otherwise lead to inhibition of the SAM-dependent methylation reaction.