Sickle cell disease results from an amino acid change from Valentine to glutamic acid. The result of this amino acid change is a deformed hemoglobin protein that does not carry oxygen well. What type of genetic mutation caused the amino acid change in a person with sickle cell anemia?

a. frameshift mutation

b. silent mutation

c. nonsense mutation

d. missense mutation

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Aedan Burgess

29 September, 02:30

Sickle cell disease results from an amino acid change from Valentine to glutamic acid. The result of this amino acid change is a deformed hemoglobin protein that does not carry oxygen well. What type of genetic mutation caused the amino acid change in a person with sickle cell anemia?

a. frameshift mutation

b. silent mutation

c. nonsense mutation

d. missense mutation

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Amira Washington · Answer 1

D. Missense mutation.

A - the whole protein would be off, not just one AA

B - the disease wouldn’t occur

C - nonsense would end up in a truncated protein ((so shorter protein)