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2.1 DNA, RNA and Proteins Flashcards

1
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This is the bond that exists between nitrogenous base pairings due to the attraction of a proton and electronegative atom.

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Hydrogen

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2
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These are the nitrogenous bases that have a double-ringed base also known as bicyclic.

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Purine

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3
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These are the nitrogenous bases that have a single-ringed base.

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Pyrimidines

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4
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Base pair of adenine in DNA

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Thymine

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5
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The repeating sugar unit of RNA molecules present in its backbone

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Ribose

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6
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He isolated the material nuclein when studying pus cells prom surgical bandages

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Friedrich Miescher

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7
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These are the subunits of nucleic acid.

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Nucleotides

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8
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The nucleic acid that contains uracil

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RNA

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9
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What binds pentose sugar with the nitrogenous bases?

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Glycosidic bond

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10
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What bonds the phosphate group with the pentose sugar?

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Phosphoester bond

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11
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The DNA of this bacteria is negatively supercoiled and organized into a number of independent loops or domains. They have 4.6 million base pairs.

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Escherichia coli

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12
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Proteins that assist in further holding of the secondary structure of proteins.

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Chaperones

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13
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What links amino acids together, thus forming a chain?

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Polypeptide

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14
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What nitrogenous bases has double rings?

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Adenine and Guanine

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15
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What nitrogenous bases has single rings

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Thymine and Cytosine

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16
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This structure is attained whenever multiple folded protein subunits form a single complex.

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Quarternary

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17
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The DNA helix have two of these due to the angle of protrusion of the deoxyribose.

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Grooves

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18
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What is the sugar in DNA called?

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Deoxyribose

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19
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Base pair of Guanine

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Cytosine

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20
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Base pair of Adenine in RNA

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Uracil

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21
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Type of model in DNA replication where DNA is broken into fragments to replicate

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Dispersive

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22
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The mRNA will leave the nucleus after transcription and proceed to this part of the cell.

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Cytoplasm

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23
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What did Friedrich Miescher call on his discovery when he studied the pus cells on surgical bandages.

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Nuclein

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24
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The tautomeric state of purine which is the most important form together with amino.

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Keto

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25
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The tautomeric states of pyrimidine

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amino and imino

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26
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Tautomeric state of purines

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keto and enol

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27
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Two strands of DNA polynucleotide chains are bound together via

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complementary base pairings

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28
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Short sections of DNA formed at the time of discontinuous synthesis of the lagging strand during replication of DNA.

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Okazaki

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29
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They continuously unwinds and opens the DNA at the replication fork

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Helicase

30
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Seals the nicks between the okazaki fragments

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Ligase

31
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A strand where replication will occur continuously from 5 prime to 3 prime direction

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Leading strand

32
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Proteins in DNA replication that allows the DNA helicase and SBP to attach to the DNA

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Initiatior

33
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Element used by Meselson-Stahl in an experiment to prove the semi-conservative nature of DNA replication.

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Nitrogen

34
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The two strands of DNA are said to be this. (One strand runs in 5 prime to 3 prime, while the other from 3 prime to 5 prime)

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Antiparallel

35
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What did Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins perform to analyze the structure of DNA

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x-ray crystallography

36
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Rule that states:
- purine content is roughly equal to pyrimidine content
- guanine and cytosine have equal quantities in DNA
- adenine and thymine have equal quantities in DNA

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Chargaff’s Rules

37
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The uniformity in size of DNA is due to

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complimentary base pairings

38
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Adenine and Thymine has how many hydrogen bonds?

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2

39
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Guanine and Cytosine have how many hydrogen bonds?

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3

40
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How are the base pairings organized inside the helix?

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Base stacking

41
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Dexterity of the DNA helix

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right

42
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DNA conformations that has left hand dexterity

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Z-DNA

43
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Eukaryotic DNA is known to have linear or distinct ends called?

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Telomeres

44
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DNA + proteins

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Chromatin

45
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In which phase of the cell cycle does DNA Replication occur?

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S phase

46
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The terminus that can be found on the polypeptide chain with the free amino group

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N terminus

47
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The terminus that can be found on the polypeptide chain with the free carboxylic group

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C terminus

48
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The structure that refers to the proteins overall folding

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Tertiary

49
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The subunits of proteins with 20 different kinds

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Amino acids

50
Q

Catalyzes the removal of the RNA primers and replaces them with DNA nucleotides

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DNA polymerase I

51
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The DNA model wherein two strands will serve as template for the new strand; the accepted model of replication.

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Semi-conservative

52
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This was used by primary means to study and obtain a high resolution protein structure

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DNA crystallography

53
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The ability of DNA polymerase I to correct errors in nucleotide selection

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proofreading

54
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Watson and Crick proposed what model of DNA replication

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Semi-conservative model

55
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The intermediate molecule during gene expression. It contains a copy of the information in DNA that must be translated into proteins

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mRNA

56
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Strand that creates Okazaki fragments

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Lagging strand

57
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Synthesizes deoxyribonucleotide chains from the 3’-OH end of the RNA primers and performs DNA proofreading via its exonuclease activity.

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DNA polymerase III

58
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Small RNA’s that are essential in the regulation of gene expression.

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miRNA

59
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The process that allows the information in the mRNA transcript to be translated into the amino sequence in proteins.

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translation

60
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A product of transcription of DNA

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RNA

61
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A group of catalytic RNA molecules

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Ribozymes

62
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a ribozyme that catalyzes tRNA synthesis

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RNase P

63
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Each amino acids consists of

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A carboxyl group, a side chain R, an amino group and a proton

64
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Structure of protein wherein it is attained by the formation of peptide bond between each amino acids

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primary structure

65
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protein structure in which it may be in a form of a helix or pleated sheet

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Secondary structure

66
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protein structure in which it consists of polypeptides and both helices and sheets

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secondary

67
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An enormous collection of published experiments of the structures of DNA, RNA, and Proteins; enables us to view the 3D structure of proteins.

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Protein Data Bank

68
Q

Important protein for lipid breakdown

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Hexosaminidase

69
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Stabilizes the tertiary structures

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covalent and non covalent interactions

70
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Bonds that form sheets and helices

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Hydrogen bonds

71
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They hold the amino acids together

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peptide bonds

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