Chapter 29: Q5P (page 1157)
What-halo carbonyl compoundis needed to synthesize each amino acid?
(a) Glycine
(b) Isoleucine
(c) Phenylalanine
Short Answer
Answer
a.

b.

c.

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Chapter 29: Q5P (page 1157)
What-halo carbonyl compoundis needed to synthesize each amino acid?
(a) Glycine
(b) Isoleucine
(c) Phenylalanine
Answer
a.

b.

c.

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Glutathione, a powerful antioxidant that destroys harmful oxidizing agents in cells, is composed of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, and has the following structure:

a. What product is formed when glutathione reacts with an oxidizing agent?
b. What is unusual about the peptide bond between glutamic acid and cysteine?
Deduce the sequence of a heptapeptide that contains the amino acids Ala, Arg, Glu, Gly, Leu, Phe, and Ser, from the following experimental data. Edman degradation cleaves Leu from the heptapeptide, and carboxypeptidase forms Glu and a hexapeptide. Treatment of the heptapeptide with chymotrypsin forms a hexapeptide and a single amino acid. Treatment of the heptapeptide with trypsin forms a pentapeptide and a dipeptide. Partial hydrolysis forms Glu, Leu, Phe, and the tripeptidesGly–Ala–Ser and Ala–Ser–Arg
Give the amino acid sequence of each peptide using the fragments obtained by partial hydrolysis of the peptide with acid.
Draw the structure of the N-phenylthiohydantoin formed by initial Edman degradation of each peptide: (a) Ala-Gly-Phe-Phe; (b) Val-Ile-Tyr.
What is the predominant form of each of the following amino acids at pH=1? What is the overall charge on the amino acid at this pH?(a)threonine ; (b)methionine; (c)aspartic acid; (d)arginine
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