Homework SourseFor sickle cell anemia explain how a defective protein resul
For sickle cell anemia explain how a defective protein results in the disease phenotype.
For sickle cell anemia explain how a defective protein results in the disease phenotype.
Solution
In sickle cell anaemia, there is one mutation due to which Glutamic acid amino acid is converted into valine. Due to this mutation the overall structure of Haemoglobin changes which reduces its Oxygen carrying capacity drastically.
