Aspartate Proteases Display a Variety of Substrate Specificities, but Normally

question 26

Multiple Choice

Aspartate proteases display a variety of substrate specificities, but normally they are most active in cleavage of peptide bonds:

• A) on the carboxyl side of the basic amino acids.
• B) on the carboxyl side of aromatic amino acids.
• C) on the carboxyl side of small, neutral residues.
• D) between two hydrophobic amino acid residues.
• E) none of the above.

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