Question

A mutation occurred in the following DNA sequence AGCCTAGCC and the mutated form is now AGCCTTAGCC. Which of the following correctly describes the result of this mutation?

1.A deletion occurred so all of the amino acids added after the mutation may be wrong.

2.An insertion occurred so all of the amino acids added after the mutation may be wrong.

3.A substitution occurred so all of the amino acids added after the mutation will definitely be wrong.

4.An insertion occurred so all of the amino acids added after the mutation definitely will be different.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1.A deletion mutation occurs when a wrinkle forms on the DNA template strand and subsequently causes a nucleotide to be omitted from the replicated strand.

2.This type of variant results in a shortened protein that may function improperly, be nonfunctional, or get broken down. An insertion changes the DNA sequence by adding one or more nucleotides to the gene.

3. A substitution mutation can cause the following: Change in the coding of amino acids codon to a particular stop codon resulting in an incomplete protein, which is usually non-functional. Can cause Silent mutations where a codon change can encode the same amino acid resulting in no changes in the protein synthesized.

4. when a premature nonsense or stop codon is introduced in the DNA sequence. When the mutated sequence is translated into a protein, the resulting protein is incomplete and shorter than normal. Consequently, most nonsense mutations result in nonfunctional proteins.