Biology GCSE
Mutation and protein function
What Mutation and protein function means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A changed shape can reduce a protein's strength or alter its function, and the effect depends on the function of the protein and the position of the changed amino acids.
Topics that use Mutation and protein function
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Base sequence
- Carrier molecules
- codon
- Complementary base pairing
- degenerate
- double helix
- Enzyme action
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