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Mutations

Mutations. Mutations . Point mutations single base change base-pair substitution silent mutation no amino acid change redundancy in code missense change amino acid nonsense change to stop codon. When do mutations affect the next generation? . Point mutation leads to Sickle cell anemia.

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Mutations

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  1. Mutations

  2. Mutations • Point mutations • single base change • base-pair substitution • silent mutation • no amino acid change • redundancy in code • missense • change amino acid • nonsense • change to stop codon When do mutationsaffect the nextgeneration?

  3. Point mutation leads to Sickle cell anemia What kind of mutation? Missense!

  4. Sickle cell anemia • Primarily Africans • recessive inheritance pattern • strikes 1 out of 400 African Americans hydrophilicamino acid hydrophobic amino acid

  5. Mutations • Frameshift • shift in the reading frame • changes everything “downstream” • insertions • adding base(s) • deletions • losing base(s) Where would this mutation cause the most change:beginning or end of gene?

  6. Cystic fibrosis • Primarily whites of European descent • strikes 1 in 2500 births • 1 in 25 whites is a carrier (Aa) • normal allele codes for a membrane protein that transports Cl- across cell membrane • defective or absent channels limit transport of Cl- (& H2O) across cell membrane • thicker & stickier mucus coats around cells • mucus build-up in the pancreas, lungs, digestive tract & causes bacterial infections • without treatment children die before 5; with treatment can live past their late 20s

  7. Chloride channel transports chloride through protein channel out of cell Osmotic effects: H2O follows Cl- Effect on Lungs normal lungs airway Cl- Cl- channel H2O cells lining lungs cystic fibrosis Cl- H2O bacteria & mucus build up thickened mucus hard to secrete mucus secreting glands

  8. Deletion leads to Cystic fibrosis delta F508 loss of oneamino acid

  9. What’s the value ofmutations?

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