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A tetrapeptide is made of naturally occurring alanine, serine, glycine and valine. If the C-terminal amino acid is alanine and the N-terminal amino acid is chiral, the number of possible sequences of the tetrapeptide is
ChemistryBiomoleculesKVPYKVPY 2018 (SB/SX)
Options:
  • A 12
  • B 8
  • C 6
  • D 4
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 4

A tetra-peptide is made of naturally occuring alanine serine glycine and valine.



It is given that C-terminal amino acid is alanine and N-terminal amino acid is chiral, thus glycine can't be N-terminal amino acid as it is an achiral amino acid. Therefore possible sequence of tetra-peptide are as follows.

(i) Alanine, glycine, serine, valine

(ii) Alanine, glycine, valine, serine

(iii) Alanine, serine, glycine, valine

(iv) Alanine, valine, glycine, serine



Thus it can have 4 possible sequences of the tetrapeptide.


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