What is a disease caused by misshapen proteins?

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2026-04-14 19:05

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Sickle cell anaemia is such a genetic disease.

The sixth amino acid in the beta chain of haeme which is glutamic acid in normal people gets replaced by valine in sickle cell anaemia patients.

This simple change in the amino acid sequence results in the the sickle shape of RBCs

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