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A coding DNA variant causes a critical amino acid in an enzyme to be replaced with a different type of amino acid. Explain how this can result in loss of enzyme function. [5 marks]

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A coding DNA variant causes a critical amino acid in an enzyme to be replaced with a different type of amino acid. Explain how this can result in loss of enzyme function. [5 marks].

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