Hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3
Appearance
Nonstructural protein 3 (NS3), also known as p-70, is a viral nonstructural protein that is 70 kDa cleavage product of the hepatitis C virus polyprotein. It acts as a serine protease.[1]
See also
- Boceprevir, sovaprevir, paritaprevir and telaprevir - drugs targeting this protein
References
- ^ Hijikata, M. et al. (1993) Proteolytic processing and membrane association of putative nonstructural proteins of hepatitis C virus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 90, 10773-10777.