Mechanisms of drug action


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

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  • Tenofovir

    • Name: Tenofovir

    • Approved date: October 2001

    • Drug action: Tenofovir diphosphate competes with dATP to inhibit the activity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.

    • Pubchem link: 6398764

    • Drug bank link: DB00300

    • PDB structure link: 1T03



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.