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Point Mutations: One Base, One Protein

This gene is yours to edit. Pick a base, then swap it, insert one next to it, or delete it. The model rebuilds the codons and the protein, then names the kind of mutation you made. One base is often all it takes to make a drug stop working.

The gene, before and after click any base to select it

Gene editor

Reading the strips. Each box is one codon, which is three bases. The amino acid sits under the box. Green means unchanged, coral means changed, and gray means lost after an early stop.

No change yetpick a base and edit it
Original geneintact
Base picked1
Gene length0
Protein0 aa
Base to use
Do something to base 1
Protein from the original gene
Protein from your gene

Try a known kind of change