Why protein shape matters (H)

GCSE · Biology · AQA · B6.3 — DNA structure (HT): nucleotides, complementary base pairing, protein synthesis (transcription, translation) and effects of mutations

Question

(H7) Explain why a single missense mutation in a gene coding for an enzyme can stop the enzyme working.

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