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Name:	HIV Protease
Description:	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.
Synonyms:	p16 protease, HIV; HIV p16 protease; HTLV III Protease; HIV Proteinase; Protease, HTLV-III; HTLV-III Protease; Protease, HIV; p16 pol gene product, HIV