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Mutation analysis problem Consider a gene for which there are several known mutants. The normal mRNA transcript and each mutant transcript are listed below. Mutations are indicated in bold and underlined . 1. Use your codon table to translate the transcripts into amino acid sequences. 2. Classify the type of mutation: missense, nonsense, silent, or frameshift 3. Predict whether the mutation would likely alter the structure (and therefore function) of the protein. mRNA transcript Type of mutation Alter protein structure? Normal: 5’AUG|AAG|UUU|GGC|UAA3’ Met Lys Phe Gly Stop NA NA Mutant 1: 5’AUG|AAG| UU C | GGC|UAA3’ Phe Silent Phe → Phe NO: Does not change amino acid sequence. Mutant 2: 5’AUG|AAG|UUU| G A C| UAA3’ Asp Missense Gly → Asp Likely YES: Change uncharged to charged amino acid. Mutant 3: 5’AUG|AAG|UUU| G U C |UAA3’ Val Missense Gly → Val MAYBE?: Gly and Val are both small non-polar amino acids. Mutant 4: 5’AUG| U AG |UUU|GGC|UAA3’ stop Nonsense Lys → STOP YES: Only 1 amino acid is translated because of premature stop. U deleted Mutant 5: 5’AUG|AAG| UUG|GCU|AAC 3’ Leu Ala Asn Frameshift YES: Change in several amino acids and no longer a stop codon.
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