Multiple choice

Find out the WRONG statement regarding the human immunodeficiency virus.

  1. The reverse transcriptase enzyme is a prominent feature of retroviruses.

  2. p10 is a protease enzyme that breaks gag precursor.

  3. p32 is an integrase enzyme of retrovirus.

  4. Gag gene encodes for the lipid bilayer of the virus.
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Explanation

The gag gene is encoded as a large gag-pol protein with another gene then cleaved to the precursor protein assembling, which is then cleaved to Gag. It is involved in virion assembly and produces some of the capsid and nucleocapsid proteins. It does not encode for the lipid bilayer of the virus.

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