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Chapter 17, Problem 44P
After the polypeptide shown here was treated with maleic anhydride, it was hydrolyzed by trypsin. (After a polypeptide is treated with maleic anhydride, trypsin will cleave the polypeptide only on the C-side of arginine.)
Gly-Ala-Asp-Ala-Leu-Pro-Gly-Ile-Leu-Val-Arg-Asp-Val-Gly-Lys-Val-Glu-Val-Phe-Glu-Ala-Gly-
Arg-Ala-Glu-Phe-Lys-Glu-Pro-Arg-Leu-Val-Met-Lys-Val-Glu-Gly-Arg-Pro-Val-Gly-Ala-Gly-Leu-Trp
- a. After a polypeptide is treated with maleic anhydride, why does trypsin no longer cleave it on the C-side of lysine?
- b. How many fragments are obtained from the polypeptide?
- c. In what order would the fragments be eluted from an anion-exchange column using a buffer of pH = 5?
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After the polypeptide shown below was treated with maleic anhydride, it was hydrolyzed by trypsin. (After a polypeptide is treated with maleic anhy-dride, trypsin will cleave the polypeptide only on the C-side of arginine.)
Gly-Ala-Asp-Ala-Leu-Pro-Gly-Ile-Leu-Val-Arg-Asp-Val-Gly-Lys-Val-Glu-Val-Phe-Glu-Ala-Gly-Arg-Ala-Glu-Phe-Lys-Glu-Pro-Arg-Leu-Val-Met-Lys-Val-Glu-Gly-Arg-Pro-Val-Gly-Ala-Gly-Leu-Trp
What products are formed when below mentioned peptide is treated with trypsin.
Phe–Tyr–Gly–Cys–Arg–Ser
Explain why, when the guanidino group of arginine is protonated, the double-bonded nitrogen is thenitrogen that accepts the proton.
2 H+ +
NH2NHCH2CH2CH2CHNH
+NH3CO−O
CO−O
H2NC
NHCH2CH2CH2CH
Chapter 17 Solutions
EP ESSENTIAL ORG.CHEM.-MOD.MASTERING
Ch. 17.1 - a. Explain why, when the imidazole ring of...Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 2PCh. 17.3 - Prob. 3PCh. 17.3 - Prob. 4PCh. 17.3 - Prob. 6PCh. 17.4 - Calculate the pI of each of the following amino...Ch. 17.4 - a. Which amino acid has the lowest pI value? b....Ch. 17.5 - What aldehyde is formed when valine is treated...Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 10PCh. 17.5 - Prob. 11P
Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 12PCh. 17.6 - Prob. 13PCh. 17.6 - What amino acid would be formed using the...Ch. 17.6 - What amino acid would be formed when the aldehyde...Ch. 17.7 - Pig liver esterase is an enzyme that catalyzes the...Ch. 17.8 - Prob. 17PCh. 17.8 - Prob. 18PCh. 17.8 - Prob. 19PCh. 17.8 - Prob. 20PCh. 17.10 - Prob. 21PCh. 17.10 - Prob. 22PCh. 17.10 - Why does cyanogen bromide not cleave on the C-side...Ch. 17.10 - Prob. 24PCh. 17.10 - Prob. 26PCh. 17.12 - Prob. 27PCh. 17.13 - a. Which would have the greatest percentage of...Ch. 17 - Draw the predominant form of the following amino...Ch. 17 - What is the pI of serine?Ch. 17 - Prob. 31PCh. 17 - Prob. 32PCh. 17 - Which would have a higher percentage of negative...Ch. 17 - Draw the form of aspartate that predominates at...Ch. 17 - Prob. 35PCh. 17 - A professor was preparing a manuscript for...Ch. 17 - a. Why is the pKa of the glutamate side chain...Ch. 17 - Prob. 38PCh. 17 - Determine the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide...Ch. 17 - Prob. 40PCh. 17 - Prob. 41PCh. 17 - Three peptides were obtained from a trypsin...Ch. 17 - Prob. 43PCh. 17 - After the polypeptide shown here was treated with...Ch. 17 - The disulfide bridges of a polypeptide were...Ch. 17 - -Amino acids can be prepared by treating an...Ch. 17 - Reaction of a polypeptide with carboxypeptidase A...Ch. 17 - Prob. 48PCh. 17 - Prob. 49PCh. 17 - Show how valine can be prepared by a. a Strecker...Ch. 17 - Prob. 51PCh. 17 - Why is proline never found in an -helix?Ch. 17 - Determine the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide...Ch. 17 - Prob. 55PCh. 17 - A chemist wanted to test his hypothesis that the...Ch. 17 - A normal polypeptide and a mutant of the...
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