Serine proteases do not catalyze hydrolysis if the amino acid at the hydrolysis site is a D-amino

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Serine proteases do not catalyze hydrolysis if the amino acid at the hydrolysis site is a D-amino acid. Trypsin, for example, cleaves on the C-side of L-Arg and L-Lys, but not on the C-side of D-Arg and D-Lys. Explain.

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0131407480

4th edition

Authors: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

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