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a.
To determine:
The reason behind the little effect on biological activity of the enzyme if base substitution for that enzyme replaces leucine with alanine.
Introduction:
DNA consists of two complementary strands and when alteration occurs, it also changes the corresponding
b.
To determine:
The effect on amino acid in the protein if a base substitution replaces cytosine in the codon UCA with adenine.
Introduction:
DNA consists of two complementary strands and when alteration occurs, it also changes the corresponding nucleotide in opposite strand during next replication. The change that occurs in a single nucleotide is termed as base substitution.
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