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A missense mutation is when the change of a single base pair causes the substitution of a different amino acid in the resulting protein.This amino acid substitution may have no effect, or it may render the protein nonfunctional. single base pair substitution that results in the translation of a different amino acid at that position. Definition from: GeneReviews from the University of Washington and the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
1 Missense mutations or nonsynonymous mutations are types of point mutations where a single nucleotide is changed to cause substitution of a different amino acid. 2  This in turn can render the resulting protein nonfunctional.utations in the structure of genes can be classified as: , 1  such as those affecting a small gene in one or a few nucleotides, including: 2  Point mutations, often caused by chemicals or malfunction of DNA replication, exchange a single nucleotide for another. 3  These changes are classified as transitions or transversions.