Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Proteins

Proteins — practice question

The order of bases in DNA that codes for the first eight amino acids in the $\beta$-polypeptide of adult haemoglobin is: CAC GTG GAC TGA GGA CTC CTC TTC In haemoglobin C, which is a cause of haemolytic anaemia, this changes to: CAC GTG GAC TGA GGA TTC CTC TTC A table lists some of the DNA triplets that code for amino acids. What change takes place in the amino acid sequence of normal haemoglobin to produce haemoglobin C?

  • AGlutamic acid is changed to lysine.
  • BHistidine is changed to leucine.
  • CLeucine is changed to lysine.
  • DProline is changed to threonine.

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