Portion of
HEMOGLOBIN DNA : G GA CTC CTC
MRNA : CCU GAG GAG
Amino acids : Proline-Glutamic Acid-Glutamic Acid

Sickle Cell Anemia is caused by a point mutation known as a substitution. Show what would occur if the first T (“thymine”) DNA base in the portion shown above experienced a mutation with a substitution of A (“adenine”).

Sickle Cell Hemoglobin:

Portion of mutated hemoglobin DNA:

mRNA:

Amino Acids: