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. 2001 Oct;75(19):9458–9469. doi: 10.1128/JVI.75.19.9458-9469.2001

TABLE 1.

Gag and Gag-Pol cleavage sites for HIV-1 and FIV

Virus Gag and Gag-Pol cleavage sites
P4a P3 P2 P1 P1′b P2′ P3′ P4′
FIV
 MA/CA P Q A Y P I Q T
 CA/NC1 K M Q L L A E A
 CA/NC2 T K V Q V V Q S
 NC (internal) V N Q M Q Q A V
 NC/PR G F V N Y N K V
 PR/RT R L V M A Q I S
 RT/RNase H A E T W Y I D G
 RNase H/DU C Q T M M I I E
 DU/IN T G V F S S W V
HIV-1
 MA/CA S Q N Y P I V Q
 CA/P2 A R V L A E A M
 P2/NC A T I M M Q R G
 P1/P6 P Q N F L Q S R
 in P6 K E L Y P L T S
 TF/PR S F N F P Q I T
 PR/RT T L N F P Q I T
 in RT A E T F Y V D G
 RT/IN R K I L F L D G
a

Berger and Schechter nomenclature. 

b

Hydrolysis occurs between the P1 and P1′ amino acids.