A Polypeptide Has the Following Amino Acid Sequence: Met-Ala-Gln-Arg-Glu-Leu

question 5

Multiple Choice

A polypeptide has the following amino acid sequence: Met-Ala-Gln-Arg-Glu-Leu. This polypeptide was mutated to produce the following mutant sequence: Met-Ala-Gln-Gly-Glu-Leu. Which describes the MOST likely type of mutation that occurred?

• A) nonsense mutation
• B) missense mutation
• C) frameshift mutation
• D) in-frame mutation
• E) neutral mutation

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