An enzyme that triggers the breakdown of proteins HIV's protease enzyme breaks apart long strands of viral protein into the separate proteins constituting the viral core and the enzymes it contains HIV protease acts as new virus particles are budding off a cell membrane
Enzymes that are involved in the breakdown of proteins They are most widely used enzyme in detergents; it removes protein stains from egg, grass, blood, and sweat Also used to treat wool and raw silk
An enzyme that breaks apart proteins into their components In the HIV virus, protease is required if the virus is to replicate itself Protease is the first HIV protein whose three-dimensional structure that HIV/AIDS researchers have characterized