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Chapter 22.9, Problem 30P
Glutathione is a tripeptide whose function is to destroy harmful oxidizing agents in the body. Oxidizing agents are thought to be responsible for some of the effects of aging and to play a causative role in cancer.
Glutathione removes oxidizing agents by reducing them. In the process, glutathione is oxidized, resulting in the formation of a disulfide bond between two glutathione molecules. An enzyme subsequently reduces the disulfide bond, returning glutathione to its original condition so it can react with another oxidizing agent.
a. What amino acids make up glutathione?
b. What is unusual about glutathione’s structure? (If you cannot answer this question, draw the structure you would expect for the tripeptide and compare your structure with the actual structure.)
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Ch. 22.4 - Prob. 13PCh. 22.5 - What aldehyde is formed when valine is treated...Ch. 22.5 - Prob. 15PCh. 22.5 - Prob. 16PCh. 22.5 - Prob. 17PCh. 22.5 - Prob. 18PCh. 22.6 - Why is excess ammonia used in the preceding...Ch. 22.6 - Prob. 20PCh. 22.6 - What amino acid is formed using the...Ch. 22.6 - Prob. 22PCh. 22.6 - What amino acid is formed when the aldehyde used...Ch. 22.7 - Esterase is an enzyme that catalyzes the...Ch. 22.8 - Draw the tetrapeptide Ala-Thr-Asp-Asn and indicate...Ch. 22.8 - Prob. 26PCh. 22.8 - Prob. 27PCh. 22.8 - Which bonds in the backbone of a peptide can...Ch. 22.9 - What is the configuration about each of the...Ch. 22.9 - Glutathione is a tripeptide whose function is to...Ch. 22.10 - What dipeptides would be formed by heating a...Ch. 22.10 - Suppose you are trying to synthesize the dipeptide...Ch. 22.10 - Show the steps in the synthesis of the...Ch. 22.10 - a. Calculate the overall yield of bradykinin when...Ch. 22.11 - Show the steps in the synthesis of the...Ch. 22.13 - Prob. 36PCh. 22.13 - In determining the primary structure of insulin,...Ch. 22.13 - A decapeptide undergoes partial hydrolysis to give...Ch. 22.13 - Explain why cyanogen bromide does not cleave on...Ch. 22.13 - Indicate the peptides produced from cleavage by...Ch. 22.13 - Prob. 42PCh. 22.13 - Three peptides were obtained from a trypsin...Ch. 22.14 - Prob. 44PCh. 22.15 - How would a protein that resides in the nonpolar...Ch. 22.16 - a. Which would have the greatest percentage of...Ch. 22 - Prob. 47PCh. 22 - Glycine has pK2 values of 2.34 and 9.60. At what...Ch. 22 - Prob. 49PCh. 22 - Prob. 50PCh. 22 - Aspartame (its structure is on page 1007) has a pl...Ch. 22 - Draw the form of aspartate that predominates at...Ch. 22 - A professor was preparing a manuscript for...Ch. 22 - Prob. 54PCh. 22 - Determine the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide...Ch. 22 - Prob. 56PCh. 22 - Which is the more effective buffer at...Ch. 22 - Identify the location and type of charge on the...Ch. 22 - Draw the product obtained when a lysine side chain...Ch. 22 - After the polypeptide shown below was treated with...Ch. 22 - Treatment of a polypeptide with 2-mercaptoethanol...Ch. 22 - Show how aspartame can be synthesized using DCCD.Ch. 22 - -Amino acids can be prepared by treating an...Ch. 22 - Reaction of a polypeptide with carboxypeptidase A...Ch. 22 - a. How many different octapeptides can be made...Ch. 22 - Glycine has pKa values of 2.3 and 9.6. Do you...Ch. 22 - A mixture of 15 amino acids gave the fingerprint...Ch. 22 - Write the mechanism for the reaction of an amino...Ch. 22 - Prob. 69PCh. 22 - Show how valine can be prepared by a. a...Ch. 22 - A chemist wanted to test his hypothesis that the...Ch. 22 - Propose a mechanism for the rearrangement of the...Ch. 22 - A normal polypeptide and a mutant of the...Ch. 22 - Determine the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide...
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