Biology

Tristan Caldwell

15 February, 03:22

Yay Sachs disease is a disorder characterized by an accumulation of fatty substances called gangliosides in the brain and spinal cord. One cause of the diseas is a mutation in the gene sequence that codes for the enzyme hexosaminidase A. The enzyme is rendered nonfunctional when a single amino acid is incorporated into the enzyme instead of an arginine. In this scenario, what is the cause of tay-Sachs disease