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Biology, 13.07.2019 20:30 jaydenromero31

Tay-sachs disease is a disorder characterized by an accumulation of fatty substances called gangliosides in the brain and spinal cord. one cause of the disease is a mutation in the gene sequence that codes for the enzyme hexosaminidase a. the enzyme is rendered nonfunctional when a single amino acid—glutamine—is incorporated into the enzyme instead of an arginine. in this scenario, what is the cause of tay-sachs disease?

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