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Q. An enzyme produced by HIV that allows the integration of HIV DNA into the host cells DNA is ____:
Answer: Integrase
Notes: HIV’s enzyme for inserting the DNA version of its genome into the host cell DNA is called its “integrase”. HIV-1 integrase catalyzes the “cut-and-paste” action of clipping the host DNA and joining the proviral genome to the clipped ends. It is also produced by viruses containing double-stranded DNAs for the same purpose.

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