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DNA sequence of wild type gene A and a mutant is shown below.
1. Transcribe and translate the wild type and mutant proteins.
2. Classify the type(s) of mutation(s) in gene A the mutant has.
3. Design a primer pair to generate a PCR fragment of any size from the wild type sequence. Write the primer pair and mark the 5’ and 3’ of each primer sequence.
wild-type gene
5’ TAG|ACC|ATG|CCA|GTA|AAT|TTA|CGA|TGA|CA 3’
3’ ATC|TGG|TAC|GGT|CAT|TTA|AAT|GCT|ACT|GT 5’
mutant 2
5’ TAG|ACC|ATG|CCA|GTA|AAT|ATG|TTA|CGA|TGA|CA 3’
3’ ATC|GGG|TAC|GGT|CAT|TTA|TAC|AAT|GCT|ACT|GT 5
Transcription or synthesis of mRNA occur from 5' to 3'. For this the template DNA strand should be in 3' to 5' direction called antisense strand.
WILD TYPE PROTEIN: Template DNA strand--- 3'ATC|TGG|TAC|GGT|CAT|TTA|AAT|GCT|ACT|GT5'
Transcribed RNA strand---5'UAG|ACC|AUG|CCA|GUA|AAU|UUA|CGA|UGA|CA3'
Translated protein: 5'Gln-Thr-Met-Pro-Val-Asn-Leu-Arg3' (Here, UAG and UAA both this stop codon in some organism like acetabularia, Tetrahymena, Paramecium etc. code for Gln. While in them the third stop codon UGA is a stop codon. So after UGA no further translation take place).
MUTANT TYPE PROTEIN: Template DNA strand---3'ATC|GGG|TAC|GGT|CAT|TTA|TAC|AAT|GCT|ACT|GT5'
Transcribed RNA strand---5'UAG|CCC|AUG|CCA|GUA|AAU|AUG|UUA|CGA|UGA|CA3'
Translated protein: 5'Gln-Pro-Met-Gln-Val-Ans-Met-Leu-Arg3'
TYPE OF MUTATION: