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Question

In sickle cell anaemia, which amino acid modification occurs in the β -chain of amino acid?

Easy

A

Valine → Glutamate
B

Threonine → Valine
C

Tyrosine → Glutamate
D

Glutamate → Valine

Solution

A classical example of point mutation is a change of single base pair in the gene for beta globin chain that results in the change of amino acid residue glutamate to valine.

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