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Explain how a mutated base sequence will result in an inactive enzyme being produced during protein synthesis .

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Mutation of the DNA sequence will lead to a different tertiary structure of an enzyme (active site of an enzyme will have a different shape) and because enzymes are specific means that the substrate will no longer fit the active site and therefore it will not be functional. 
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