title: Inhibitors of HIV-1 protease.
abstract: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the etiological agent for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a retrovirus which makes use of a virally-encoded aspartic protease to perform specific proteolytic processing of two of its gene products in order to form active enzymes and structural proteins within the mature virion. Accordingly, specific, exogenous inhibition of the HIV-1 protease is thought to be a viable approach for the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of AIDS. Indeed, this hypothesis has been validated in virally-infected cell culture with synthetic inhibitors of HIV-1 protease. This chapter reviews the current status of the development of inhibitors of this enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Meek
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016333:HIV Protease / Q000378:metabolism*; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors; D016333:HIV Protease