Answer to Question #182386 in Genetics for Sam

Question

Can you say in which stages do these errors take place. Also what impact do they have on the end products of protein synthesis

Answer 1

Transcription and Translation

Transcription error is a C to U base substitution and transitions occur more frequently than transversion epimutation events, as has been found for spontaneous mutation [9, 11], therefore RNA polymerase base misincorporations appear to resemble DNA polymerase base misincorporations.