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A-LevelBiologyNucleic acids and protein synthesisMay/June 2019Paper 1 Q211 Mark

The diagram shows part of the DNA sequence of a gene and a mutated sequence of the same gene. normal DNA sequence ...CCG GAT TAT TGC GAG AAA TGG CAT TCT AGG... mutated DNA sequence ...CCG GAT GTA TTG CGA GAA ATG CAT TCT AGG... What are possible effects of the mutated sequence? 1 the presence of mRNA stop codons, UAG, UAA or UGA 2 a change in the sequence of amino acids 3 a non-functional protein 4 ribosomes cannot translate the mRNA

A1, 2 and 3
B1, 3 and 4
C1 and 4 only
D2 and 3 only

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This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Biology (9700) May/June 2019 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Nucleic acids and protein synthesis and is worth 1 mark.

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