The sickle cell allele is caused by a mutation in the HBB gene, which encodes a protein called hemoglobin. This mutation causes an abnormal form of hemoglobin (HbS) to be produced, leading to the characteristic sickle shape of red blood cells in individuals with sickle cell disease.
The type of mutation that causes a defect in the gene (causing sickle cell anaemia) is a substitution mutation.A single nucleotide substitution (A to T) in the β-globin gene causes the amino acid valine to replace glutamic acid. This changes the resulting protein, causing a haemoglobin with an abnormal shape to be created.
because of the change of AA- in normal cell- from Glutamic acid (negativity charged) to Valine (uncharged) -in sickle cell- the charge will be missing in the sickle cell that why the electrophoresis will become slower because of the missing charge
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells.
In sickle cell anemia, glutamic acid is replaced by valine due to a single base change in the gene that codes for hemoglobin. This substitution causes the hemoglobin protein to form abnormal sickle-shaped red blood cells, leading to the symptoms of the disease.
Hemoglobin
It is Hemoglobin
because of the change of AA- in normal cell- from Glutamic acid (negativity charged) to Valine (uncharged) -in sickle cell- the charge will be missing in the sickle cell that why the electrophoresis will become slower because of the missing charge
Sickle cell disease is caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes for hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. This mutation results in the production of abnormal hemoglobin known as hemoglobin S, which causes red blood cells to become sickle-shaped and less flexible.
no it dose not sickle cell anemia causes death only if African Americans
While technically there are more than one, the main one by far is sickle cell anemia.
Just one incorrect amino acid prevents protein from functioning properly in sickle cell anemia.