Phosphonate acyclic derivatives of guanines, pyrazolo [3, 4-d] pyrimidines, and triazolo [4, 5- d] pyrimidines (8-azaguanines) are inhibitors of the enzyme purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNPase) with K i'values ranging from 0.05 to 1.6 μM. These compounds are enzymatically stable congeners of the potent PNPase inhibitor acyclovir diphosphate (53).
[Dappen, Michael S.; Pellicciari, Roberto; Natalini, Benedetto; Monahan, Joseph B.; Chiorri, Claudio; Cordi, Alex A. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 34, # 1 p. 161 - 168]