Sickle-cell hemoglobin has a Val residue at position 6 of the $β$ -globin chain instead of the Glu residue found in normal hemoglobin A. Can you predict what change took place in the DNA codon for glutamate to account for replacement of the Glu residue by Val?

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Sickle-cell hemoglobin has a Val residue at position 6 of the

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-globin chain instead of the Glu residue found in normal hemoglobin A. Can you predict what change took place in the DNA codon for glutamate to account for replacement of the Glu residue by Val?

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Question Text	Sickle-cell hemoglobin has a Val residue at position 6 of the $β$ -globin chain instead of the Glu residue found in normal hemoglobin A. Can you predict what change took place in the DNA codon for glutamate to account for replacement of the Glu residue by Val?
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Subject	Biology
Class	Class 11

Sickle-cell hemoglobin has a Val residue at position 6 of the $β$ -globin chain instead of the Glu residue found in normal hemoglobin A. Can you predict what change took place in the DNA codon for glutamate to account for replacement of the Glu residue by Val?

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