Mutation Flashcards
1
Q
Substitution
A
Replacement of 1 pair of Amino Acid
Ex) T instead of C, which leads to A instead of G.
2
Q
Not right sentence
“Dog instead of Cat”
A
Missense mutation
3
Q
Missense Mutation
A
Changes 1 Amino Acid pair
4
Q
Nonsense Mutation
A
Changes Codon to STOP codon
5
Q
What leads to a short polypeptide?
A
Nonsense Mutation
6
Q
Nonsense Mutation leads to what?
A
Nonfunctional protein
7
Q
Silent mutation
A
No observer-able effects on phenomenal type
8
Q
Insertion does:
A
Adds pairs in a gene
9
Q
Deletion:
A
Losses of pairs in gene
10
Q
Frameshift
A
Causes extensive Missense or imidiate nonsense
11
Q
Positive
A
If it encodes for better or good proteins
12
Q
Negative
A
Leads to bad or worse coding
