If an Organism Is Known to Have a Mutation in the DNA

question 38

Multiple Choice

If an organism is known to have a mutation in the DNA sequence of a gene that codes for an enzyme, but still produces a functional enzyme, which of the following is most likely TRUE?

• A)The mutation did not lead to a change in the amino acid sequence of the enzyme.
• B)Chaperone proteins are able to repair the error in the DNA sequence.
• C)The mutation must have occurred in the part of the sequence coding for the active site.
• D)Transcription of the gene into RNA is able to repair the mutation.

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