DNA Mutations: the Bad, and the Not-So-Bad

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DNA mutations: the bad, and the not-so-bad What are DNA mutations? - DNA mutations are changes to the sequence of bases (A, T, C and G) - It is the sequence of bases in DNA that determines the sequence of amino acids in a protein! - Several types of mutations can occur to DNA; these can cause serious problems, or no problems at all! - The DNA sequence is ‘read’ in blocks of three bases; each block encodes for an amino acid - Take the following sentence, which is made up of five, three letter words THE CAT ATE THE RAT Point mutations: one base is substituted for another THY CAT ATE THE RAT THE CAT ATE THE BAT THE CAT ATE THE . - The mutation may not - The mutation may stop the - The mutation may not affect the eXpression or protein from working code for an amino acid function of a protein properly - These types of nonsense - These types of missense - These types of missense mutations cause the cell to mutations are unlikely to mutations may lead to stop making the protein, cause disease disease therefore can be severe - In this eXample, the E of - In this eXample, the R of - In this eXample, the R of THE has been replaced by RAT has been replace by a RAT has been replace by a a Y; however, we can still B; the change has FULL STOP; the mutation understand the meaning of completely altered the has ended the sentence the sentence meaning of the sentence prematurely Frameshift mutation: bases are either inserted or deleted THE BCA TAT ETH ERA T THE ATA TET HER AT CAT ATE THE RAT - An insertion causes a - A deletion causes a ‘frame- - A deletion causes an ‘in ‘frame-shift’; the bases are shift’; the bases are -1 from frame-shift’; all the bases +1 from where they should where they should be. are -3 from where they be. These mutations are These mutations are should be. These may or usually very severe usually very severe may not be serious - In this eXample, a B has - In this eXample, the C of - In this eXample, THE has been inserted into the CAT has been deleted from been deleted sentence between THE the sentence - As the words are ‘in-frame’, and CAT - The sentence no longer we can still understand the - The sentence no longer makes any sense! sentence makes any sense!.

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