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A biochemist wishes to determine the sequence of a protein that contains 123 amino acid residues. After breaking all of the disulfide bonds, the protein is treated with cyanogen bromide (CNBr), and it is determined that that this treatment breaks up the protein into seven conveniently sized peptides, which are separated from each other. It is your turn to take over. Outline the steps you would take to determine, unambiguously, the sequence of amino acid residues in the original protein.
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