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How many stereocentres does the tripeptide shown contain in total? Count every stereocentre in all residues, including side chains, and give your answer as an integer.

Numerical answer type, tolerance 0.5.

Answer: 4

The residues are Gly-Thr-Ile. Glycine is achiral (0). Threonine has two stereocentres (C-alpha and the carbinol carbon) and isoleucine has two (C-alpha and the beta carbon). The total is 0 + 2 + 2 = 4, confirmed by RDKit.
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