Finishing Mutations

Today I gave you some time to finish up your slides on mutations.  Tomorrow you will present them and I will make sure to let you know of any missed information from these slides.  We will be wrapping this up and will have the test on this chapter by Friday.

Remember I told you about how different amino acids have different chemical properties and that is what determines how they will fold on top of each other.  Here are some picks about how changing one amino acid can completely change the overall structure of the protein it codes for and recall that protein function is directly related to its structure

Each Pin represents a different Amino Acid 

The chemical makeup of these Amino Acids determines how the protein will fold on itself

When properly folded  the protein can function

Changing just ONE amino Acid could cause
a different "fold" and this can drastically
change the structure and function of this particular
protein.