In a disorder called gyrate atrophy, cells in the retina begin to degenerate in late adolescence, causing night blindness that progresses to total blindness.  The cause is a mutation in the gene that encodes an enzyme, ornithine aminotransferase (OAT).  Researchers sequenced the OAT gene for 5 patients with the following results: Patient A:  A change in codon 209 of UAU to UAA Patient B:  A change in codon 299 of UAC to UAG Patient C:  A change in codon 426 of CGA to UGA Patient D:  A two-nucleotide deletion at codons 64 and 65 that results in a UGA codon at position 79. Patient E:  Exon 6, including 1071 nucleotides is entirely deleted. Which patient(s) have a frameshift mutation? How many amino acids is patient E missing? Which patient(s) will produce a shortened protein?

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  1. In a disorder called gyrate atrophy, cells in the retina begin to degenerate in late adolescence, causing night blindness that progresses to total blindness.  The cause is a mutation in the gene that encodes an enzyme, ornithine aminotransferase (OAT).  Researchers sequenced the OAT gene for 5 patients with the following results:

Patient A:  A change in codon 209 of UAU to UAA

Patient B:  A change in codon 299 of UAC to UAG

Patient C:  A change in codon 426 of CGA to UGA

Patient D:  A two-nucleotide deletion at codons 64 and 65 that results in a UGA codon at position 79.

Patient E:  Exon 6, including 1071 nucleotides is entirely deleted.

  1. Which patient(s) have a frameshift mutation?
  2. How many amino acids is patient E missing?

Which patient(s) will produce a shortened protein?

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