Today we started chapter 10 on how proteins can affect our phenotype.
We started with a brief discussion of protein function and then ways in which mutations can affect our phenotype by causing changes in the sequence of amino acids of enzymes (which may impact metabolic pathways), receptor proteins and transport proteins. We provided examples using several diseases caused by such mutations.
We started a discussion on pharmacogenetics, or how we can study phenotypes in terms of how we react to chemicals in our bodies.
Up next: Can you can you not taste phenylthiocarbamide?
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