> ...must be cleaved by furin or furin-like proteases to become fully functional. Anthrax toxin, pseudomonas exotoxin, and papillomaviruses must be processed by furin during their initial entry into host cells.
From the sound of this:
- the site on the virus gets cleaved
- Furin enables the cleaving
- Furin exists in hosts cells
What I think I understand is, the cleaving makes it easier for the virus to reproduce inside the cell?
edit: turns out I have no idea how to format things on HN
> ...must be cleaved by furin or furin-like proteases to become fully functional. Anthrax toxin, pseudomonas exotoxin, and papillomaviruses must be processed by furin during their initial entry into host cells.
From the sound of this:
- the site on the virus gets cleaved - Furin enables the cleaving - Furin exists in hosts cells
What I think I understand is, the cleaving makes it easier for the virus to reproduce inside the cell?
edit: turns out I have no idea how to format things on HN