medium · MCAT bio-biochem
During the process of translation, a mutation occurs that inserts a single nucleotide into the coding sequence of a gene.
What is the most likely outcome for the resulting protein?
- The protein will be unchanged due to the degeneracy of the genetic code.
- An entirely different amino acid sequence downstream of the mutation and a premature stop.
- A single amino acid substitution at the site of the insertion.
- Only the amino acid at the site of insertion will be added, keeping the rest of the sequence intact.
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