Elastase is a protease enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds on the carbonyl side of the amino acids glycine and alanine.What products result from treatment of a peptide with the primary structure shown below with elastase? Pro-Gly-Phe-Ala

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Elastase cleaves peptide bonds on the carbonyl side of glycine and alanine, so it would cleave the peptide Pro-Gly-Phe-Ala between Gly-Phe and Phe-Ala, resulting in two peptides: Pro-Gly and Phe-Ala.

Elastase Is a Protease Enzyme That Cleaves Peptide Bonds on the Carbonyl