The HIV Protease Has Been the Target of Several Anti-HIV

Multiple Choice

The HIV protease has been the target of several anti-HIV medications called protease inhibitors. This antiviral strategy is possible because protease inhibitors ________.

A) cause protease to precipitate out of the cell by combining with certain salt solutions
B) cleave at specific places in viral polypeptides, resulting in the destruction of reverse transcriptase
C) prevent HIV from generating ATP in the host cell
D) prevent the formation of active viral proteins