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Chapter 17: Q. 17.82 (page 610)

How do protease inhibitors disrupt the life cycle of the HIV virus?

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Protease inhibitors disrupt the life cycle of the HIV virus by blocking the action of protease enzymes.

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We have to find out the way the protease inhibitors disrupt the life cycle of the HIV virus.

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In the body of human beings, the protease enzyme is very important because it is the most important for the replication of the HIV virus. Protease inhibitor drugs block the action of protease enzymes, which prevent enzymes from multiplying.

Hence, this disrupts the life cycle of the HIV virus in human beings.

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