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Explain why the replacement of the glutamic acid by valine changes the way that molecules of b-globin interact with each other.

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For the answer to the question above, Hydrophobic regions and hydrophilic regions in the molecules of the b-globin. The replacement causes these hemoglobin molecules to be stickies which gives the cell its sickle shape.
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