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Missense Mutation — Definition & Examples

By Gabi Slizewska
An amino acid chart. Non-polar amino acids include alanine, valine, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, tryptophan, and phenylalanine. Basic amino acids include lysine, arginine, and histidine. Acidic amino acids include glutamic acid and aspartic acid. Polar amino acids include tyrosine, threonine, glutamine, glycine, serine, cysteine, and asparagine.

The effect that a missense mutation has depends largely on the chemical properties of the amino acids affected. Which of the following changes would you expect to cause the most damage?

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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