Q2.

Refer to your western blot result, or to the

result shown in Figure 1 if your western blot did not yield the expected result.

A)

Use the Precision Plus Kaleidoscope Prestained Protein

Standard to estimate the molecular weight of the patient’s MFN2 protein. (1

mark)

B)

Based on the patient’s DNA sequencing results, it

was predicted that the patient’s MFN2 protein would be truncated. Do the

western blot results support this prediction? Explain why or why not. (1-2

sentences) (2 marks)