Shown following is the first 30 amino acid (one-letter code) region of this putative amino acid...

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Shown following is the first 30 amino acid (one-letter code)region of this putative amino acid sequence for p18:

1YFNPS    6TSDWPT    11LAPAN    16YTFLF    21FLARY    26WYINL30

A) Based on the partial amino acid sequence provided, do youthink that it is more likely that this region of p18 associateswith a cellular membrane or is exposed to the cytosol?

B) Why or why not?  

C) Describe how you would experimentally demonstrate if p18 wasassociated with the membrane or the cytosol.

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A The P18 region of the protein associates with the interior of cell membrane as it has more hydrophobic amino acid Hence it will repel water B 1YFNPS 6TSDWPT11LAPAN16YTFLF21FLARY26WYINL30 The amino acid sequence in 3 lettercode is 1 TyrPheAsnProSer 6 SerAspTrpProThr 11 LeuAlaProAlaAsn 16 TyrThrPheLeuPhe 21 PheLeuAlaArgTyr 26 TrpTyr IleAsnleu 1 1 TyrPheAsnProSer Hydrophobic amino acids 3 Hydrophillic amino acid2 2 6 SerAspTrpProThr Hydrophobic amino acids 2 Hydrophillic amino acid3 3 11 LeuAlaProAlaAsn Hydrophobic amino acids 4    See Answer
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