AP BIOLOGY

LABORATORY REVIEW

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The most commonly occurring mutation in people with cystic fibrosis is a deletion of a single codon. This results in
A
a polypeptide missing an amino acid.
B
a base-pair substitution.
C
a frameshift mutation.
D
a nucleotide mismatch.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most commonly occurring mutation in people with cystic fibrasis is a deletion of a single codon: What is the result of this type of mutation? a frameshift mutatlon polypeptide missing Its N-terminus polypeptide missing an amino acid base-pair substitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most common CF mutation, F508del, is primarily considered to be a processing mutation. The F508del mutation removes a single amino acid from the CFTR protein.

Detailed explanation-3: -The delta F508 is the most common defect in the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene; it involves in a 3-base deletion in codon 508 and results in the loss of a phenylalanine residue at amino acid position 508.

Detailed explanation-4: -A mutation known to occur in cystic fibrosis is the deletion of phenylalanine 508 (F508del) in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). The amino acid is in the first nucleotide-binding domain (NBD) of CFTR.

Detailed explanation-5: -Point mutations are the most common type of mutation and there are two types.

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