Gene Products, pol

**Definition:** Retroviral proteins coded by the pol gene. They are usually synthesized as a protein precursor (POLYPROTEINS) and later cleaved into final products that include reverse transcriptase, endonuclease/integrase, and viral protease. Sometimes they are synthesized as a gag-pol fusion protein (FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL). Pol is short for polymerase, the enzyme class of reverse transcriptase.

**Tree numbers:** - D12.776.775.360 - D12.776.964.775.375 - D12.776.964.900.750.500 - D12.776.964.970.600.850.375

**Synonyms:** - pol Polyproteins - Gene Product, pol - pol Gene Products - pol Polyprotein - pol Protein