How might a mutation cause a beneficial effect on protein fu

How might a mutation cause a beneficial effect on protein function? __________ How might a mutation have a harmful effect on protein function? __________ Why does a silent mutation have no apparent affect on an organism? __________ How would the citrate mutation in E. coli give it an advantage over other E. coli populations?

Solution

2.The mutations causes alteration in the amino acid sequence of a protein that will result in the misfolding of protein, and thus changes its shape. Due to these changes, the protein does not function normally and causes harmful effect s on an organism e.g. albinism.