Imagine the main chain of a protein bends back on itself, so that two amino acid residues R₁ and R₂ come close to each other. Here's what R₁ loo -CHI CH₂ CH₂ CH₂ NH H₂N NH₂ Could R₁ form a salt bridge with R, at physiological pH, if R₂ were the right kind of residue? O yes O no If you said R₁ could form a salt bridge with R₂, what would R₂ have to be? 0 If there's only one possibility, write its 3-letter code. If there is more than one possibility, write the 3-letter code of any of them. X

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Imagine the main chain of a protein bends back on itself, so that two amino acid residues R₁ and R₂ come close to each other. Here's what R₁ loo
-CH-
CH₂
CH₂
CH₂
NH
H₂N
NH₂
Could R₁ form a salt bridge with R, at physiological pH, if R₂ were the right kind of residue?
O yes
O no
If you said R₁ could form a salt bridge with R₂, what would R₂ have to be?
0
If there's only one possibility, write its 3-letter code. If there is more than one possibility, write the
3-letter code of any of them.
X
Transcribed Image Text:Imagine the main chain of a protein bends back on itself, so that two amino acid residues R₁ and R₂ come close to each other. Here's what R₁ loo -CH- CH₂ CH₂ CH₂ NH H₂N NH₂ Could R₁ form a salt bridge with R, at physiological pH, if R₂ were the right kind of residue? O yes O no If you said R₁ could form a salt bridge with R₂, what would R₂ have to be? 0 If there's only one possibility, write its 3-letter code. If there is more than one possibility, write the 3-letter code of any of them. X
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