4. Figure shows a part of the sequence alignment of human and whale myoglobin proteins. Please explain the difference between green- and yellow-colored mutations. Which mutations have higher probability to change the function of protein, why? Number 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 K|V|E|A|D|| K V|E|A|D VAG PG|H|G|Q | E|V | L| || HG|Q|D|||L| Human Whale Number 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 PET|L|E|K|F|D|K| RLFKGH RLFK SHPET |LEK|F DR Human Whale Number 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 ED EDEM E AEM Human KH FK KS KT KA Whale L. K. D.

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