Inhibition of the aspartic proteinase from HIV‐2

Anthony D. Richards, Anne V. Broadhurst, Alison J. Ritchie, Ben M. Dunn, John Kay

FEBS Letters · 1989 · 28 citations · 5 references

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Kinetic constants were determined for the interaction of the HIV-2 aspartic proteinase with a synthetic substrate and a number of inhibitors at several pH values. Acetyl-pepstatin was more effective towards HIV-2 proteinase than the renin inhibitor, H-261; this effect is exactly the opposite from that observed previously for the proteinase from the HIV-1 AIDS virus.

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