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A silent mutation leads to the decreased amount of protein products. Why does this happen?

A silent mutation leads to the decreased amount of protein products. Why does this happen?

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Silent mutation is the change in a nucleotide base which results in amino acid is not altered in the encoded protein. Usually the protein expression is not affected, but may be reduced or increased in some cases based on the availability of charged t-RNA (containing amino acid being coded by the mutated codon). Different organisms may have different set of codon adaptation. Some codons may be preferred while some may not based on the t-RNA pool.

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