Insulin is a peptide hormone encoded by the INS gene, which is on chromosome 11.

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Insulin is a peptide hormone encoded by the INS gene, which is on chromosome 11. Insulin is produced by pancreatic beta cells. (A) Both the INS gene and insulin are examples of biological molecules that are polymers. What are the monomers and what is the polymer that make up the INS gene? What is the name of the monomers and polymer that make up insulin? (B) How many copies of the INS gene are found in pancreatic beta cells? How many copies are found in other cell types, for example, cardiac muscle cells? (C) Is mRNA for insulin produced in equal amounts in pancreatic beta cells and cardiac muscle cells? Why or why not? (D) Diabetes mellitus can be caused by a dominant mutation in the INS gene, INS C96Y. A healthy mother has an affected child. Give the genotype of the child at the INS locus, indicating the paternally and maternally inherited alleles. Sec 1 Pages: 1 of 1 Words:o ot 153

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A) monomers and polymers that make up INS gene and insulin are

The polymer which make up INS gene could be the carbohydrates and the insulin is a hormone as well as a monomer and the hexamer monomer coversion is one of the central aspects of insulin formations.

Polymers that make up insulin are ethylene vinyl acetate, polyanhydrides and phenylboronic acid containing hydrogels.

B) After we eat anything the carbohydrates are broken down into glucose which ( rising of beta cells). Human INS gene are localized into chromosome 11 in the region p13.

C) The pancreatic beta cells which are produced by insulin remains same by mRNA but increases in cardiac muscle cells.

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