After treating one polypeptide with two different proteases (Trypsin and Chymotrypsin), shorter fragments are produced. These fragments underwent Edman degradation to give the following short sequences: Trypsin Met-Ala-Arg Phe-Ala-Glu-Gln-Asp Gly-Glu-Tyr-Met-Cys-Lys Chymotrypsin Met-Ala-Arg-Gly-Glu-Tyr Met-Cys-Lys-Phe Ala-Glu-Gln-Asp What was the sequence of the original full-length polypeptide?

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After treating one polypeptide with two different proteases (Trypsin and Chymotrypsin), shorter fragments are
produced. These fragments underwent Edman degradation to give the following short sequences:
Trypsin
Met-Ala-Arg
Phe-Ala-Glu-Gln-Asp
Gly-Glu-Tyr-Met-Cys-Lys
Chymotrypsin
Met-Ala-Arg-Gly-Glu-Tyr
Met-Cys-Lys-Phe
Ala-Glu-Gln-Asp
What was the sequence of the original full-length polypeptide?
Transcribed Image Text:After treating one polypeptide with two different proteases (Trypsin and Chymotrypsin), shorter fragments are produced. These fragments underwent Edman degradation to give the following short sequences: Trypsin Met-Ala-Arg Phe-Ala-Glu-Gln-Asp Gly-Glu-Tyr-Met-Cys-Lys Chymotrypsin Met-Ala-Arg-Gly-Glu-Tyr Met-Cys-Lys-Phe Ala-Glu-Gln-Asp What was the sequence of the original full-length polypeptide?
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