There is another melanocytestimulating hormone called betame

There is another melanocyte-stimulating hormone called beta-melanotropin. Cleavage of beta-melanotropin with trypsin produces the following peptides plus free aspartic acid. WGSPPK DSGPYK MEHFR If you assume maximum sequence similarity between alpha-melanotropin and beta-melanotropin, then what must the sequence of the latter be? (a-melanotropin-Ser Tyr Ser Met Glue His Phi Argo Tarp Glee Lys Pro Val) Drag the appropriate labels to their respective targets so that the maximum sequence similarity to the order of alpha-melanotropin will be shown.

Solution

The aminoacid sequence of Beta-Melanotropin is-ALA-GLU-LYS-LYS-ASP-GLU-GLY-PRO-TYR-ARG-MET-GLU-HIS-PHE-ARG-TRP-GLY- SER-PRO-PRO-LYS-ASP

The one letter code for Beta-Melanotropin sequence is-AEKK DEGPYR MEHFR WGSPPK D. This is more or less similar to the sequence of alpha-melanotropin.