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. Now, to demonstrate how the Edmond degradation actually works, we're going to begin by assuming we know what the sequence of amino acids is. But in your protein that you're going to be studying, you don't know what that amino acid sequence is. And that's exactly why you want to use the admin degradation process.