24. What is the action
mechanism of the
antiretroviral drugs called
protease inhibitors which are
used against HIV infection?

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inhibitors are some of the
drugs used to treat HIV
infection. Protease is an enzyme
necessary for the assembling of
after the synthesis of itsproteins within
the . The protease inhibitor
binds to the activation center of the
enzyme blocking the formation of the
enzyme- complex and the
enzyme activity thus impairing the viral
.