Explain why the change in the way that molecules of b globin interact with each other lead to the sickling of the red blood cell

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Explain why the change in the way that molecules of b globin interact with each other lead to the sickling of the red blood cell

s in sickle cell anemia

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Nataliya [291] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-03T23:18:33+03:00

The sickle form of the hemoglobin gene is created when an adenine nucleotide is changed to a thymine. ... That single amino acid replacement in the -globin protein alters the shape and the chemistry of the hemoglobin molecule, causing it to polymerize and distort the red blood cell into the sickle shape.