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  • Q:

    Protease (an HIV enzyme) contains hydrophobic residues at its active site. Which of the following would be an ideal characteristic for a drug that would act as a competitive inhibitor to protease? The drug should be:

     

    A

    Polar

    B

    Nonpolar

    C

    Charged

    D

    Neutral



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