A Protease Hydrolyzes the Peptide Backbone

question 8

Essay

A protease hydrolyzes the peptide backbone.What is/are the substrate(s) and product for this reaction? Assuming that the concentration of water is so high (~55M) that it does not appreciably change, to what kind of reaction order would one assign this reaction?

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