Can someone please help me?
See .pdf file attached. My guess for (a) is B and C, since threonine does not occur in these areas it would have minimal effect on the cell. My guess for (b) would be D since there is a chain of histidines at this location. Am I on the right track? I have no experience with this subject. Thanks! <3
1) a. A mutation to threonine would likely have minimal effect. ABCDEFGHIJKL
b. A mutation to histidine would likely affect hexokinase function. HIK
c. This part of hexokinase is likely to be important for function. ABCDEFGHIJKL
d. Evidence that vertebrates are more closely related to each other than to all other multicellular animals (metazoa). ABCDEFGHIJKL
e. Evidence of a possible structure of hexokinase in an ancient ancestral eukaryote that pre-dates the divergence of plants, animals and fungi. ABCDEFGHIJKL
f. A mutation here would likely have minimal effect. ABCDEFGHIJKL
g. There is conservative substitution in this position. ABCDEFGHIJKL
h. Evidence that all multicellular animals (metazoa) are more closely related to each other than to other eukarytotes. ABCDEFGHIJKL
One or more options is possible for each.
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