The number of tripeptides formed by three different amino acids are

Question

The number of tripeptides formed by three different amino acids are (A) Three (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six

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Let Ala, gly and Phe be the three α-amino acids.The will form the following six tripeptides (i) Ala-Gly-Gly (ii) Gly-Ala-Phe (iii) Phe- Ala-Gly (iv) Ala-Phe-Gly (v) Gly-Phe-Ala (vi) Phe-Gly-Ala.

Q. The number of tripeptides formed by three different amino acids are

Three

Four

Five

Six

Let Ala, gly and Phe be the three $α$ -amino acids.The will form the following six tripeptides
$(i)$ Ala-Gly-Gly $(ii)$ Gly-Ala-Phe $(iii)$ Phe- Ala-Gly $(i v)$ Ala-Phe-Gly $(v)$ Gly-Phe-Ala $(v i)$ Phe-Gly-Ala.