Question

In sickle cell disease, a mutation causes ____________________ acid to change to a ________________. this creates a ______________________ pocket on the __________________ protein, causing the molecules to form a chain. this leads to the crescent shape of the red blood cells.

Answer 1

In sickle cell disease, a mutation causes glutamic acid to change to a valine. This creates a empty pocket on the hemoglobin protein causing the molecules to form a chain. This leads to the crescent shape of the red blood cells.

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that is inherited in the kid, it is a rare recessive disease that is caused in the new born kids, which is characterized by sticky abnormally crescent shaped Red blood corpuscles.

Answer 2

In sickle cell disease, a mutation causes amino acid to change to a glutamic acid. This creates an air pocket on the hemoglobin protein, causing the molecules to form a chain. this leads to the crescent shape of the red blood cells.