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p6 (51 amino acids)

This comes from the c-terminal section of GAG. This protein binds to another protein, Vpr, and functions in the incorporation of Vpr into the virus

For further information see: Alan Frankel and John A. T. Young, HIV-1: Fifteen proteins and an RNA Annual Review of Biochemistry 67: 1-25, 1998