Question

A tripeptide on complete hydrolysis gives glycine, alanine, and phenylanine,using three-letter symbols write down the possible sequences of the tripeptide.

Answer 1

Three letters symbols of the amino acids are Gly, Ala and Phe. The possible sequences of the amino acids are : (i) Gly-Ala-Phe (ii) Gly-Phe-Ala (iii) Ala-Gly-Phe (iv) Ala-Phe-Gly (v) Phe-Gly-Ala (vi) Phe-Ala-Gly.