The fourth codon has a mutation changing a uac to a uag. what effect will this have on the protein?

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Amari Rojas

3 December, 04:12

The fourth codon has a mutation changing a uac to a uag. what effect will this have on the protein?

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Duke · Answer 1

The effect of this to the protein is that the protein would not be made due to coding for a nonsense codon. This situation is an example of nonsense mutation. This is a mutation where a sense codon that corresponds with one of the twenty-one amino acids that is specified by the genetic code is altered to a chain - terminating codon. Thus, the protein will not be created.