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Sickle Cell Anemia. en Hemoglobin is made up of chains and In Sickle Cell Anemia missense mutation causes the amino acid glutamic acid Glu to be replaced by valine Val in the chains of HbA resulting in the abnormal HbS Under certain conditions such as low oxygen levels red blood cells with HbS distort into sickled shapes These