Fig. 5.
Activity of purified proteases against fluorogenic peptide substrates. The wild-type (WT) PR was purified, and equimolar concentrations (191 nM) were separately reacted with 1.45–13.85 μM native HIV PR substrate I. The initial velocities of product formation were recorded for up to 20 minutes in a fluorescence spectrophotometer. These rates were then converted to velocity in units of concentration per minute and plotted against substrate concentration.