Which of the following reagents can be used to identify the N-terminal amino acid in peptide sequencing? PITC DCC FDNB FMOC
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PITC (phenylisothiocyanate) is used in the Edman degradation process, which is a method for sequencing peptides by identifying and removing one N-terminal amino acid at a time. Show more…
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