Substitution
of Val for Glu in Sickle-Cell
Anemia
Sickle-Cell
Anemia is cause by a
substitution of Glu to
Val at
the sixth amino acid position in the beta-chain
hemoglobin protein.
Homework: What is the mutation in the
sense strand
of
the DNA that causes
this
substitution?
Figure © 2004 by
Griffiths
et
al.; text © 2014 by Steven
M.
Carr