Duringtonightsclass, wediscussedproteinstructureandhowchangesintheamino acidsequenceofaproteincansignificantlyalteritsfunction andcause diseases/disorders. Withthisinmind,writeaparagraphthatexplainsthe causeof sicklecellanemia disease? Youranswershouldbe nolongerthanonepageandshouldanswer ALL ofthefollowing questions: 1. What isthe name (spellitout)ofthespecificproteinthatisaffectedinsicklecell anemia disease? 2. Describethe specificchangeintheaminoacidsequence thatcausessicklecell anemiadisease? 3. Howdoesthisprotein functioninnormalpeople whodo notsufferfromsicklecell anemiadisease? 4. Whatarethesymptomsthatindividualswithsicklecellanemiadiseaseexperience? 5. Isthereacureforsicklecellsanemiadisease?Ifnot,describethetypesof treatmentsthatareusedtoalleviate thesymptomsofsickleanemiadisease. Youwillearn20pts forcorrectlyansweringeachquestion(maximumpointsearnedis 100).Youmayusetheinternetand/oryourtextbooktoassistyou,butpleaseDONOT copyyouranswersdirectlyfromtheinternetortextbook.
