Protide
![General representation of a ProTide](/Images/godic/202502/04/Protide-general3036.png")
![A generic diaryl phosphate pro-drug of AZT](/Images/godic/202502/04/Azt-diarylphopsphate3036.png")
![AZT protide](/Images/godic/202502/04/AZT-ProTide3036.png")
![Phenyl isoproyl Ala Abacavir monophosphate](/Images/godic/202502/04/Abacavir-protide3036.png")
The ProTide technology is a prodrug approach used in molecular biology and drug design. It is designed to deliver nucleotide analogues (as monophosphate) into the cell (ProTide: PROdrug + nucleoTIDE). It was discovered by Chris McGuigan (School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University) in the early 1990s.