A Polypeptide Has the Following Amino Acid Sequence: Met-Ala-Gln-Arg-Glu-Leu

Multiple Choice

A polypeptide has the following amino acid sequence: Met-Ala-Gln-Arg-Glu-Leu. This polypeptide was mutated to produce the following mutant sequence: Met-Ala-Gln-Gly-Glu-Leu. Which describes the MOST likely type of mutation that occurred?

A) nonsense mutation
B) missense mutation
C) frameshift mutation
D) in-frame mutation
E) neutral mutation