A peptide toxin produced by a red spider was sequenced to study its potential medical use. Sequencing produced the following results: • Peptide composition is phe x4, arg x1, val x1, glu x1 • Treatment of the intact peptide with chymotrypsin gave 2 amino acids, a dipeptide and a tripeptide. • Streptococcal protease treatment cleaved the peptide to a tripeptide and a tetrapeptide of composition arg1phe2val1. • When the peptide toxin was treated with trypsin, a hexapeptide and phe were obtained. Phe-arg-val-glu-phe-phe-phe Phe-glu-phe-phe-val-arg-phe Phe-phe-glu-phe-val-arg-phe Arg-phe-val-phe-glu-phe-phe Val-phe-phe-glu-phe-arg-phe

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A peptide toxin produced by a red spider was sequenced to study its
potential medical use. Sequencing produced the following results:
• Peptide composition is phe x4, arg x1, val x1, glu x1
• Treatment of the intact peptide with chymotrypsin gave 2 amino
acids, a dipeptide and a tripeptide.
• Streptococcal protease treatment cleaved the peptide to a tripeptide
and a tetrapeptide of composition arg1phe2val1.
• When the peptide toxin was treated with trypsin, a hexapeptide and
phe were obtained.
Phe-arg-val-glu-phe-phe-phe
Phe-glu-phe-phe-val-arg-phe
Phe-phe-glu-phe-val-arg-phe
Arg-phe-val-phe-glu-phe-phe
Val-phe-phe-glu-phe-arg-phe
Transcribed Image Text:A peptide toxin produced by a red spider was sequenced to study its potential medical use. Sequencing produced the following results: • Peptide composition is phe x4, arg x1, val x1, glu x1 • Treatment of the intact peptide with chymotrypsin gave 2 amino acids, a dipeptide and a tripeptide. • Streptococcal protease treatment cleaved the peptide to a tripeptide and a tetrapeptide of composition arg1phe2val1. • When the peptide toxin was treated with trypsin, a hexapeptide and phe were obtained. Phe-arg-val-glu-phe-phe-phe Phe-glu-phe-phe-val-arg-phe Phe-phe-glu-phe-val-arg-phe Arg-phe-val-phe-glu-phe-phe Val-phe-phe-glu-phe-arg-phe
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