Aspartate Proteases Display a Variety of Substrate Specificities

question 10

Multiple Choice

Aspartate proteases display a variety of substrate specificities.Which of the following peptide bonds,however,do they most actively cleave?

• A)those on the carboxyl side of the basic amino acids
• B)those on the amino side of aromatic amino acids
• C)those between 2 small,neutral residues
• D)those between 2 hydrophobic amino acid residues

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