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Non structural protein 3 (NS3) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a protein of 67 to 70 kD that contains at least three enzymatic activities; a protease, a serine protease and an RNA helicase. NS3 is produced as part of a polyprotein of about 3000 amino acids which is encoded by the viral genome. This polyprotein undergoes proteolytic processing by a combination of cellular and viral proteases, including those provided by NS3, to yield all of the mature viral proteins. The RNA helicase activity of NS3 is thought to be involved in viral replication.
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