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Q: Why can damage to a nucleic acid lead to a person not producing an enzyme?
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Is Canavan disease caused by a mutation?

A person with Canavan disease has changes (mutations) in both of the genes responsible for producing the enzyme aspartoacylase


Is inherited autosomal recessive disorder in which a person lacks the enzyme that is necessary to break down a certain lipid in the brain resulting to brain damage?

Tay Sachs Disease


What is a person physical need?

enzyme


What would happen to a person if they didnt have nucleic acids?

they would eventually die


When was gene therapy first used in the U.S.?

On September 14, 1990, a four-year old girl suffering from a genetic disorder that prevented her body from producing a crucial enzyme became the first person to undergo gene therapy in the United States


When was gene therapy first used in the U.S?

On September 14, 1990, a four-year old girl suffering from a genetic disorder that prevented her body from producing a crucial enzyme became the first person to undergo gene therapy in the United States


What is a disease that is caused by a person lacking of an enzyme?

Cystic Fibrosis.


How enzyme function in the liver would be affected in a person with cirrhosis?

The enzyme function would not be as effecient, causing the liver to produce more enzymes.


Who pays for damage to car if the person is not the owner?

The person who is found to be at fault or liable pays for the damage.


A person on diet containing aminose gains weight or a person on cellulose diet would starve Why?

In our body,amylose is digested due to presence of amylase enzyme,hence person gains weight.while our body lacks cellulase enzyme which is necessary for the digestion of cellulose,hence a person suffers from starvation.


What enzyme is person who is lactose intolerant missing?

Lactose intolerance is the inability to efficiently convert lactose into glucose and galactose, a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme lactase. (A rule of thumb for enzyme nomenclature is that many enzyme names typically take most of the name of their substrate and slap an "-ase" at the end.)


How long can a person live with liver damage?

Depends on how much damage.