Chymotrypsin is a digestive enzyme that belongs to the serine protease family and is particularly known for its role in cleaving peptide bonds on the carboxyl side (C-terminus) of aromatic amino acids, which have aryl side chains. The aromatic amino acids that chymotrypsin typically recognizes include phenylalanine (Phe), tyrosine (Tyr), and tryptophan (Trp).
The given peptide sequence is: Val-Phe-Leu-Met-Tyr-Pro-Gly-Trp-Cys.
We will break down this sequence by identifying where chymotrypsin cleaves:
From these cleavages, we can observe tripeptides (groups of three amino acids). The relevant tripeptides formed are Leu-Met-Tyr and Pro-Gly-Trp.
Let's verify the options provided and see which ones match our analysis:
Therefore, the correct tripeptides formed are Leu-Met-Tyr and Pro-Gly-Trp.
Partial hydrolysis of a pentapeptide yields all possible tripeptides and dipeptides. The dipeptides that are obtained upon hydrolysis are given below.
Val-Ala, Gln-His, Phe-Val and Ala-Gln
The total number of tripeptides obtained that contain 'Ala' as one of the amino acids is ________ (in integer).
A tetrapeptide, made up of natural amino acids, has alanine as the N-terminal residue which is coupled to a chiral amino acid. Upon complete hydrolysis, the tetrapeptide gives glycine, alanine, phenylalanine and leucine. The number of possible sequences of the tetrapeptide is ____________