protease inhibitor

English

Noun

protease inhibitor (plural protease inhibitors)

(biochemistry) Any molecule that inhibits the function of proteases (enzymes that aid the cleavage of proteins), e.g. alpha-1 antitrypsin.
Synonym: antiprotease
(pharmacology) Any of a class of medications that act by interfering with proteases, used to treat or prevent viral infections including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C.
Synonym: (initialism) PI

Hyponyms

medications

Translations

class of medications

Finnish: proteaasi-inhibiittori, proteaasin estäjä
Hungarian: proteázgátló, proteázinhibitor

Further reading

protease inhibitor (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
protease inhibitor (pharmacology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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