title: Mechanisms of hydrolysis of adenosine 5'-triphosphate, adenosine 5'-diphosphate, and inorganic pyrophosphate in aqueous perchloric acid.
abstract: The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) has been found to give rise both to adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate and to adenosine 5'-phosphate (AMP) and inorganic pyrophosphate. Kinetic and isotope studies on the mechanism of hydrolysis of ATP therefore depend on a knowledge of the mechanism of hydrolysis of the polyphosphate products, ADP and inorganic pyrophosphate. The latter reactions have been studied over the acidity range 1--5 M perchloric acid at 25 degrees C while the more complex problem of the hydrolysis of ATP has been followed at a single acidity (3 M perchloric acid). The positions of bond fission have been determined for both ATP and ADP.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008433:Mathematics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D010472:Perchlorates; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate