Write the peptide fragments resulting from digesting the hea

Write the peptide fragments resulting from digesting the heat shock protein above with chymotrypsin. (markers are shown every five residues to help you count) The heat shock protein is predominantly composed of what secondary structure?

Solution

First Peptide

SGKMTGIVK

FNADKGFGF

TPDDGSKDV

VHFSAIQND

YKSLDEGQK

SFTIESGAK

PAAGNVTSL

The heat shock protein is 50 Kd protein. Its substrate-binding domain is made of B sheets. The N-terminal nucleotide-binding domain is composed of alpha helices.