Q214
Which of the following is a molecular disease?
A.
Allergy
B.
Cancer
C.
German measles
D.
Sickel cell anaemia
AnswerAnswer: Option D
Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Sickel cell anaemia is a molecular disease.Any disease caused by an abnormality in a single protein, usually an enzyme is known as molecular disease.
Sickle cell anaemia results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. This leads to a rigid, sickle-like shape under certain circumstances.
Sickle cell disease occurs when a person inherits two abnormal copies of the β-globin gene that makes haemoglobin, one from each parent. This gene occurs in chromosome 11. Several subtypes exist, depending on the exact mutation in each haemoglobin gene.