The products of the Gag polyproteins of infectious retroviruses perform highly complex orchestrated tasks during the assembly, budding, maturation, and infection stages of the viral replication cycle. During viral assembly, the proteins form membrane associations and self-associations that ultimately result in budding of an immature virion from the infected cell. Gag precursors also function during viral assembly to selectively bind and package two plus strands of genomic RNA. Endogenous Gag proteins may have kept, lost or modified their original function during evolution (By similarity). Early post-infection, the reverse transcriptase converts the viral RNA genome into double-stranded viral DNA. The RNase H domain of the reverse transcriptase performs two functions. It degrades the RNA template and specifically removes the RNA primer from the RNA/DNA hybrid. Following nuclear import, the integrase catalyzes the insertion of the linear, double-stranded viral DNA into the host cell chromosome. Endogenous Pol proteins may have kept, lost or modified their original function during evolution (By similarity). Processing at the authentic HIV-1 PR recognition site and release of the mature p17 matrix and the p24 capsid protein, as a result of the cleavage of the -SQNY-|-PIVQ- cleavage site. a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1) a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1) Endonucleolytic cleavage to 5'-phosphomonoester. Cytoplasmic membrane (in a transfection system). This protein is synthesized as a Gag polypeptide and as a Gag-Pro-Pol polyprotein. The later is the precursor of the Pro and Pol proteins. It is thought, by similarity with type-B retroviruses, to be generated by -1 frameshifts occurring at the Gag-Pro and Pro-Pol genes boundaries. The LPQG motifs are catalytically important and conserved among many retroviruses. HERV-K Gag polyprotein contains regions homologous to the matrix (MA), capsid (CA) and nucleocapsid (NC) proteins from infectious retroviruses. Evidence suggests that HERV-K(HML-2) Gag polyprotein can be cleaved into mature MA, CA and NC under certain circumstances. However, the exact boundaries as well as the size of processed Gag proteins have not been precisely determined yet. Myristoylation is essential for retroviral assembly. Alteration of the glycine residue leads to a block in the budding of particles and an accumulation of Gag inside the cell (By similarity). Specific enzymatic cleavages may yield mature proteins. Belongs to the beta type-B retroviral polymerase family. HERV class-II K(HML-2) pol subfamily. Truncated; frameshift leads to premature stop codon.