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Protease is an enzyme that inhibits incorrrect proteins such as HIV proteins such gag pol proteins so is ubut one ingredient used in 'Haart' treatment its a retroviral slowing agent! and works well!
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) uses protease in the final stages of its reproduction (replication) process
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How is protease related to AIDS?
The third class of antiretroviral drugs developed against HIV were the protease inhibitors. These work far back in the life cycle of HIV, after host cell integration but before budding. These drugs affect the enzyme protease, which is used to cut up the HIV protein to be packaged into virions. When the cell produces HIV proteins, the raw material is in a long connected string. The enzyme protease acts as a "scissor" to cut up the string into the protein for each virion. Protease inhibitors prevent protease from doing this. They resemble pieces of the protein string that protease usually cuts. This disrupts the cutting process, which prevents the chain from being cut into small pieces, which prevents HIV from making copies of itself.
How effective are protease inhibitors?
Protease inhibitors are considered one of the most potent medications for HIV developed so far.
The most commonly used treatment for HIV infection is?
protease inhibitors :)
What is Indinavin?
Indinavin is Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) protease inhibitor.
What blocks HIV binding to host cell receptors?
Protease inhibitors.
Which components of HIV functions are release after of the virion from the infected cell?
protease
What is HIV protease inhibitor?
Protease inhibitors (PIs) are a class of medications used to treat or prevent infection by viruses, including HIV and Hepatitis C. PIs prevent viral replication by inhibiting the activity of HIV-1 protease, an enzyme used by the viruses to cleave nascent proteins for final assembly of new virons.
How do tornadoes represent the aids virus?
They don't. There is absolutly no connection between tornadoes and HIV or AIDS.
What is protease inhibition?
Protease Inhibitors are a class of medications used to treat patients with the HIV virus. They are designed to prevent an already infected cell from reproducing (therefore inhibiting the virus from copying itself).
What is protease inhibition therapy?
Protease Inhibitors are a class of medications used to treat patients with the HIV virus. They are designed to prevent an already infected cell from reproducing (therefore inhibiting the virus from copying itself).
What is the generic name for Fortase?
The generic name for the brand name drug Fortase (protease inihibitor for HIV - AIDS) is saquinavir.
Drugs which fight HIV by deactivating an enzyme which the virus needs to be able to in fect human blood cells?
Protease inhibitors.
