HIV Protease
Enzyme of the human immunodeficiency virus that is required for post-translational cleavage of gag and gag-pol precursor polyproteins into functional products needed for viral assembly. HIV protease is an aspartic protease encoded by the amino terminus of the pol gene.
Year introduced: 1991
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Tree Number(s): D08.811.277.656.074.500.340, D08.811.277.656.300.048.340, D08.811.277.656.979.500, D12.776.964.775.375.545.750, D12.776.964.900.500.625
MeSH Unique ID: D016333
Registry Number: EC 3.4.23.-
Entry Terms:
- Protease, HIV
- HIV Proteinase
- HTLV-III Protease
- HTLV III Protease
- Protease, HTLV-III
- p16 protease, HIV
- HIV p16 protease
- p16 pol gene product, HIV
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