HIV Protease
Synonyms
HIV Proteinase
HIV p16 protease
HTLV III Protease
HTLV-III Protease
Protease, HIV
Protease, HTLV-III
p16 pol gene product, HIV
p16 protease, HIV
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.