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DB00649ApprovedInvestigationalSmall moleculeHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase InhibitorNucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Stavudine is a dideoxynucleoside used in the treatment of HIV infection. A dideoxynucleoside analog that inhibits reverse transcriptase and has in vitro activity against HIV.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
Stavudine inhibits the activity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) both by competing with the natural substrate dGTP and by its incorporation into viral DNA.
- Primary indication
- For the treatment of human immunovirus (HIV) infections.Curator reviewed · 1 structured indication
- Formula / weight
- C10H12N2O4 · 224.2133 g/mol (avg)
- First approval
- Canada, 1997 · United States, 1994
- Also known as
- Sanilvudine
- Code names
- BMY-27857 · d4T · NSC-163661
- Brand names
- Zerit
Resolves to
Structure
InChIKey
XNKLLVCARDGLGL-JGVFFNPUSA-NSMILESCC1=CN([C@@H]2O[C@H](CO)C=C2)C(=O)NC1=OTargets
Transporters
What you can answer from here — as of September 29, 2026
2Protein targetsEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action
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2TransportersSubstrate / inhibitor direction, not just membership
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Which drugs share a target with Stavudine, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?