17. Mutation, Repair, and Recombination
Types of Mutations
Problem 29
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionShown here are the amino acid sequences of the wild-type and three mutant forms of a short protein.
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Wild-type: Met-Trp-Tyr-Arg-Gly-Ser-Pro-Thr
Mutant 1: Met-Trp
Mutant 2: Met-Trp-His-Arg-Gly-Ser-Pro-Thr
Mutant 3: Met-Cys-Ile-Val-Val-Val-Gln-His _
Use this information to answer the following questions:
Using the genetic coding dictionary, predict the type of mutation that led to each altered protein.
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