5) ASSEMBLY
An HIV enzyme called protease cuts the long chains of HIV proteins into smaller individual proteins.
The smaller HIV proteins come together with copies of HIV’s RNA genetic material.
Then a new virus particle is assembled
6) BUDDING
The newly assembled virus pushes out (‘buds’) from the host cell
During budding, the new virus steals part of the cells outer envelope.
This envelope acts a covering is studded with protein/sugar combinations called HIV glycoproteins.
These HIV glycoproteins are necessarry for the virus to bind CD4 and co-receptors
The new copies of HIV can now move on to infect other cells.