AZT (3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine)is a drug that gets incorporated into growing viral DNA.What enzyme activity does it block?

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AZT is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, which means it blocks the activity of reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that allows the virus to convert its RNA genome into DNA. By inhibiting reverse transcriptase, AZT prevents the virus from completing its life cycle and replicating. Therefore, the correct choice is A (reverse transcriptase). The other options (B, C, and D) are not directly involved in the replication of retroviruses, such as HIV, which is the primary target of AZT.

AZT (3'-Azido-2',3'-Dideoxythymidine)is a Drug That Gets Incorporated into Growing Viral