| Literature DB >> 3052448 |
P L Darke1, R F Nutt, S F Brady, V M Garsky, T M Ciccarone, C T Leu, P K Lumma, R M Freidinger, D F Veber, I S Sigal.
Abstract
The mature proteins of retroviruses originate as a result of proteolytic cleavages of polyprotein precursors. Retroviruses encode proteases responsible for several of these processing events, making them potential antiviral drug targets. A 99-amino acid HIV-1 protease, produced by chemical synthesis or by expression in bacteria, is shown here to hydrolyze peptides corresponding to all of the known cleavage sites in the HIV-1 gag and pol polyproteins. It does not hydrolyze peptides corresponding to an env cleavage site or a distantly related retroviral gag cleavage site.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3052448 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)80839-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575