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Mutation - Coggle Diagram
Mutation
Causes of mutation
Chemical damage to DNA
Many chemical mutagens, some exogenous, some man-made, some environmental, are capable of damaging DNA. Many chemotherapeutic drugs and intercalating agent drugs function by damaging DNA.
Radiation
Gamma rays, X-rays, even UV light can interact with compounds in the cell generating free radicals which cause chemical damage to DNA.
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Gene mutation
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Protein level
Nonsense
The new codon is a stop codon (UAA) due to transition mutation, it leads to premature termination translation
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Frameshift
the result of deletion or insertion of nucleotides less than three. Frameshift mutations change the reading frame. Also calleda framing error,a reading frame shift, orindel mutation.All of the codons downstream from the insertion/deletion site are changed.
Missense
The new codon encodes a different amino acid due to transition mutation/change of a single nucleotide that results in a codon for a different amino acid
A range of effects depending on the location within the protein and the identity of the new amino acid
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