How do you name the polypeptide Ala-Ser-Gly-Val-Thr-Leu?

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Ernest Z.
Apr 26, 2018

Here's what I get.

Explanation:

The base name is that of the #"C"#-terminal amino acid.

You name all the other amino acids as groups:

Group name = amino acid name - -ine + -yl.

Thus the group name of alanine is alanyl.

Then, the name of Ala-Ser-Gly-Val-Thr-Leu is

alanylserylglycylvalylthreonylleucine

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