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This is an antiviral drug used to treat HIV by inhibiting proteases in the virus. This inhibition causes the spread of the virus to decrease significantly. The <scene name='Sandbox_80/Protease/1'>protease</scene> is an enzyme that the virus uses to produce the proteins necessary to assemble more viruses. | This is an antiviral drug used to treat HIV by inhibiting proteases in the virus. This inhibition causes the spread of the virus to decrease significantly. The <scene name='Sandbox_80/Protease/1'>protease</scene> is an enzyme that the virus uses to produce the proteins necessary to assemble more viruses. | ||
The common name for saqinavir is fortovase. It functions as peptide-like analogue that binds to the protein and causes inhibition by preventing the protease from cleaving polyproteins which in turn causes the virus to create non-infectious virus particles. | The common name for saqinavir is fortovase. It functions as peptide-like analogue that binds to <scene name='Sandbox_80/Ac_1/1'>active site 1</scene> of the protein and causes inhibition by preventing the protease from cleaving polyproteins which in turn causes the virus to create non-infectious virus particles. | ||
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