Amino Acids: me ARG
ASN
CYS
ALA
ALA
ALA
ALA
TYR
STOP
The first mutation you will model is the DELETION mutation. Look at the original strand and delete the seventh,
eighth ninth and tenth nucleotides.
Original GENE sequence:
TAC GCG TA TCA CGC CGC GCA GCA ATA ATC
Rewrite the MUTATED sequence:
Transcribe into mRNA:
Translate into Amino Acids:
How did the mutated gene change from the original strand of DNA? How was the polypeptide chain affected?