I need help with this!!

Question

A custom peptide is generated that can be injected into the affected zombies and used to disrupt the beta sheet zombie form. This peptide is thought to form a 310 helix in healthy individuals. The sequence of the 39 amino acid peptide is:

N'-FANTASTICPHANTASMSANDGHASTLYGALSDANCING-C'

Solve the melting temperature of this peptide:

Answer 1

It is difficult to give an exact answer to this, but I can try.

The actual sequence here doesn't matter the information you need is in the details- the question is telling you that the Zoombie protein is a beta-sheet and the normal protein is a 310 helix. So if this given peptide is supposed to be like the normal protein then it will need to be a 310 helix. Thus you just need to know the melting temperatures your professor gave you for beta-sheets and 310 helix.

I looked up the temps online and found that beta-sheets are somewhere 510-560K and a helix is around 296K but you should reference these values with your book and/or notes from your professor. Given the information I found, I would say that the melting point of this peptide is about 296K or 23C.

I hope this helps!

-Courtney