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Exercise 1 - A small polypeptide fragment of the enzyme pyruvate kinase from fug

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Question

Exercise 1 - A small polypeptide fragment of the enzyme pyruvate kinase from fugu fish was analyzed to determine the primary structure. The following results were obtained:

Trypsin digestion and sequencing led to the following 6 sequences:

o N-I-T-K

o D-A-Y-I-E-K

o V-V-D-V-G-S-K

o C-S-E-E-I-L-W-L-D-Y-K

o I-Y-I-D-D-G-L-I-S-L-Q-V-K

o E-I-G-S-D-Y-L-M-C-E-I-E-N-G-G-T-L

Chymotrypsin digestion and sequencing led to the following 6 sequences:

o D-A-Y

o L-D-Y

o I-E-K-C-S-E-E-I-L-W

o L-M-C-E-I-E-N-G-G-T-L

o K-N-I-T-K-V-V-D-V-G-S-K-I-Y

o I-D-D-G-L-I-S-L-Q-V-K-E-I-G-S-D-Y

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Exercise 2 - A small polypeptide fragment of histone H4 from mollusk was analyzed to determine the primary structure. The following results were obtained:

Chymotrypsin digestion and sequencing led to the following 5 sequences:

o A-L

o R-I-S-G-L-I-Y

o E-E-T-R-G-V-L-K-V-F

o L-E-N-V-I-R-D-A-V-T-Y

o T-E-H-A-K-C-K-T-V-T-A-M-D-V-V-Y

Endopeptidase V8 (cuts peptide bonds on the carboxyl side of aspartate and glutamate residues) digestion and sequencing led to the following 7 sequences:

o E

o N-V-I-R-D

o V-V-Y-A-L

o A-V-T-Y-T-E

o R-I-S-G-L-I-Y-E

o T-R-G-V-L-K-V-F-L-E

o H-A-K-C-K-T-V-T-A-M-D

Exercise 3 - A small polypeptide fragment of the CFTR protein from chimpanzee was analyzed to determine the primary structure. The following results were obtained:

Trypsin digestion and sequencing led to the following 10 sequences:

o K

o K

o K

o R

o T-K

o Q-S-F-K

o F-S-I-V-Q-K

o Q-T-G-E-F-G-E-K

o N-S-I-L-N-P-I-N-S-I-R

o T-P-L-Q-M-N-G-I-E-E-D

Chymotrypsin digestion and sequencing led to the following 4 sequences:

o K-Q-T-G-E-F

o T-K-K-Q-S-F

o S-I-V-Q-K-T-P-L-Q-M-N-G-I-E-E-D

o G-E-K-R-K-N-S-I-L-N-P-I-N-S-I-R-K-F

Endopeptidase V8 (cuts peptide bonds on the carboxyl side of aspartate and glutamate residues) digestion and sequencing led to the following 5 sequences:

o E

o D

o F-G-E

o T-K-K-Q-S-F-K-Q-T-G-E

o K-R-K-N-S-I-L-N-P-I-N-S-I-R-K-F-S-I-V-Q-K-T-P-L-Q-M-N-G-I-E

Explanation / Answer

electrophoresis of aminoacids based on the polarity towards the electrode .if we are considering the molecular weight and charge seperation with enzymes digestion we get ;

for pyruvate kinase ;

excersise 2; histone 4k ;

excersie 3;

trypsin digestion ; T-P-L-Q-M-N-G-I-E-E-D

chymotrypsin ;K-Q-T-G-E-F

endopeptidase ; T-K-K-Q-S-F-K-Q-T-G-E