Posted: July 25th, 2017

A specific congenital form of deafness results from mutation of a sequence of connexin 26 that encodes the channel within the connexon of the gap junction. This mutation is most likely to affect which of the following domains of the protein?

A specific congenital form of deafness results
from mutation of a sequence of connexin 26 that
encodes the channel within the connexon of the
gap junction. This mutation is most likely to
affect which of the following domains of the
protein?
(A) Amino terminus
(B) Carboxyl terminus
(C) Cytoplasmic loop
(D) Extracellular loop
(E) Transmembrane region