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Chymotrypsin Has a Large Specificity Pocket to Bind the Aromatic \rarr

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Chymotrypsin has a large specificity pocket to bind the aromatic amino acids while elastase has a very small specificity pocket meant to bind Ala or Gly. Which of the following amino acid substitutions changes the specificity pocket of chymotrypsin to that of elastase?


A) Trp \rarr Ser
B) Leu \rarr Ala
C) Gly \rarr Val
D) Lys \rarr Asp
E) Val \rarr Asn

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