Medical Definition of HIV protease
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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.
Registry number: EC 3.4.23.-
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of HIV Protease
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