Exercise 3

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If you have not already done so, download Avogadro for free and watch the tutorials if necessary.

Encephalins are brain peptides with opiate activity. An encephalin molecule is described by Try-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu amino acid sequence.

Open Avogadro and then build the encephaline molecule by writing the sequence given (sequence BuildInsert Peptide).

After optimizing and rotating the structure properly, open a new page of Avogadro and import the leucine molecule. Compare the two molecules: can you identify the position of the leucine in the encephalin?

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