Suppose a person has a mutation in their DNA and the first triplet for the gene coding for insulin is C C C (instead of C C A).
Determine what amino acid the new DNA triplet codes for. Will this person be diabetic?
1 answer:
According to this nifty chart, CCC codes for the same amino acid as CCA (proline).
Since CCC and CCA are both codons for the amino acid proline, there will be no difference in the structure of insulin. Moreover, there will be no change in function, and the person will not be diabetic C:
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Since CCC and CCA are both codons for the amino acid proline, there will be no difference in the structure of insulin. Moreover, there will be no change in function, and the person will not be diabetic C:
I hope this helped!
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