Which of these dipeptides are hydrolyzed by trypsin? by chymotrypsin? Q.) Phe-Gly-Lys

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Which of these dipeptides are hydrolyzed by trypsin? by chymotrypsin?

Q.) Phe-Gly-Lys

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Given dipeptide:

Phen- Gly - Lys

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The given dipeptides contain 

  • Phenylalanine
  • Glycine 
  • Lysine

The structure of Phenylalanine is 

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The structure of glycine is

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The structure of lysine

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Step 3

Trypsin is an enzyme which cuts the dipeptide from C-terminal of basic amino acid. For example: lysine , arginine etc

Chymotrypsin is an enzyme which cuts the dipeptide from C-terminal of amino acid having aromatic side chain. For example: phenyl alanine, tyrosine, tryptophan etc

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Phen - Gly - Lys

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