cysteine amino acids together in the formation of a disulfide bond and the biological compound cystine (Eq. 3-2): Cys-SH + Cys-SH Cys-S-S-Cys (Cystine) Eq. 3-2 Draw or sketch what the TLC pattern might look like where the starting material is separated by the disulfide-bond-linked dipeptide.

Hemoglobin is considered to be a tetrameric complex with a 64 kDa (α β)2. When attempting to purify hemoglobin, we must first purify the α and β monomers (about 16 kDa each) to prepare the tetramer. This is formed from the dimer intermediate: 2 α + 2 β -> 2 αβ -> (α β)2. The graph given represents a size-exclusion chromatogram after the refolding of the hemoglobin tetramer Using the size-exclusion chromatogram given, 1.  Draw an SDS-Page Gel with a reducing agent such as BME using the three peaks listed on the graph.

a. Suppose that you have the peptide Ala-Gly-Tyr-His-Leu and you treat it with FDNB and then 6M HCl. Draw the structures of all the products that you will have in solution (assume all reactions to go to completion).

Based on your knowledge of the natural amino acids, what would you expect pKa of the sidechain of beta-(aminomethyl)succinic acid to be? Draw an appropriate titration curve for beta-(aminomethyl)succinic acid, labeling the axes, indicating the equivalence points and the pKavalues, and use a drawing to show the protonated/deprotonated forms.