You Are Interested in Studying the Function of a Gene $\text { 5'-ATG CC\underline{C} TGG \underline{A}AC CTG-3' }$

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Essay

You are interested in studying the function of a gene, so you decide to create point mutations to help you identif important residues in the encoded protein.
In the following set of triplet codons, two nucleotides are underlined, which nucleotide should be mutated to ach your goal and why?
$\text { 5'-ATG CC\underline{C} TGG \underline{A}AC CTG-3' }$

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