Do Not Reproduce
A mutation occurs that causes an adeninet
strand. The original and mutated mRNA
sequences are shown.
that causes an adenine to be replaced by a guanine in an mRNA
original and mutated mRNA strands with their associated amino acid
mRNA strand
amino acid sequence
Original
CCA UCG AAA
Pro Ser Lys
Mutation
CCA UCG AAG
Pro Ser Lys
How will this specific mutation affect protein synthesis?
A
B
Protein synthesis will stop permanently to avoid production of an incorrect protein from the
mutated strand.
The protein formed from the mutated strand will have fewer amino acids than the protein
formed from the original strand.
The protein formed from the mutated strand will be the same as the protein formed from the
original strand.
Protein synthesis will repair the mutated strand to remove the mutation before making the
protein.
