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📅 MIT Science Bowl Invitational 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 5#️⃣ Question 9 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

Researchers in the Baker group at MIT are studying protein denaturation by the protease ClpXP (read: clip X P) at single amino-acid resolution. ClpXP binds to a seven-residue protein core, and is also known to grip large hydrophobic and aromatic side chains strongly. Which of the following residues would you most likely see in the protein core?

W) Glutamine
X) Alanine
Y) Phenylalanine
Z) Isoleucine
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