Mechanisms of drug action


Here, we share the movies to show how antiviral drugs bind to their protein targets.

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  • Amantadine

    • Name: Amantadine

    • Approved date: October 1966

    • Drug action: It targets viral matrix protein 2 to inhibit viral uncoating inside host cells.

    • Pubchem link: 2130

    • Drug bank link: DB00915

    • PDB structure link: 2KAD



Antiviral drug history


As of September 2015, 60 antiviral drugs have been approved for clinical use. Please click the following picture for more drug movies.