protease inhibitor

English

Noun

protease inhibitor (plural protease inhibitors)

1. (biochemistry) Any molecule that inhibits the function of proteases (enzymes that aid the cleavage of proteins), e.g. alpha-1 antitrypsin.

   Synonym: antiprotease

2. (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

• amprenavir
• atazanavir
• darunavir
• fosamprenavir
• indinavir
• lopinavir
• nelfinavir
• ritonavir
• saquinavir
• tipranavir

 

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