Now, once we know that information, what is the next logical step? Well, the next step is to basically determine exactly what the order is of our amino acid inside that protein. And what that means is we want to sequence those amino acids inside that protein. Now, what is the first step in sequencing our amino acids? Well, the first step is to basically determine what that first amino acid is in that specific sequence in that protein. And the procedure that allows us to basically determine what that first amino acid is, is known as the Edmund degradation.