6a- RNA processing Flashcards

1
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what is methyl-guanosine capped and poly-a-tailed?

A

mRNA

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2
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is mRNA monocistronic?

A

yes, only 1 coding region

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3
Q

what end of mRNA has 200 adenosine residues added to it after transcription?

A

3’ end of mRNA

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4
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what post-transcriptional processes can occur to tRNA?

A

1)methylation 2)pseudorylation

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5
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what is pseudorylation?

A

isomerizing specific uridine residues in RNA

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6
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what is pseudorine?

A

the C-glycoside isomer of the nucleoside uridine

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7
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what is a nucleoside?

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purine/pyrimidine + sugar (no phosphates)

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8
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where are eukaryotic ribosomes made?

A

nucleolus

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9
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cleavage,methylation and ribosome production are post transcriptional processes of what?

A

rRNA

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10
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what is rRNA synthesized from in eukaryotes?

A

45S precursor in eukaryotes

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11
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what splices out introns?

A

spliceosomes

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12
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how can you produce variant proteins from a single gene sequence?

A

alternative splicing

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13
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what type of structure is essential for mRNA stability?

A

m7 G cap structure

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14
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does mRNA processing occur in eukaryotes and prokaryotes?

A

no only in eukaryotes

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15
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what determines mRNA’s half life in the cytoplasm?

A

its poly-A tail

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16
Q

is bacterial mRNA polycistronic?

17
Q

define polycistronic:

A

a genetic unit that encodes several polypeptides

18
Q

what region of mRNA is targeted by signals?

19
Q

What eukaryotic mRNA processing can occur?

A

5’ cap and 3’ polyadenosine tail

20
Q

what does the 5’ cap consist of?

A

of a guanine nucleotide connected to mRNA via an unusual 5′ to 5′ triphosphate linkage

21
Q

is the guanine in the 5’ cap methylated?

A

yes it is methylated on the 7 position directly after capping in vivo by a methyltransferase

22
Q

what functions does the 5’ cap have? (4)

A

1) Regulation of nuclear export
2) Prevention of degradation by exonucleases;
3) Promotion of translation (helps ribosome binding site)
4) Promotion of 5′ intron excision.

23
Q

what is the process of adding a poly (A) tail to mRNA?

A

Polyadenylation

24
Q

what is formed by a stretch of RNA that has only adenine bases

A

poly-A tail

25
is polyadenosine enoded in the gene?
No, polyadenosine is added posttranscriptionally and is not encoded in the gene.
26
what is polyadenylation part of the process of?
part of the process that produces mature messenger RNA (mRNA) for translation. It, therefore, forms part of the larger process of gene expression.
27
Nuclear export, translation, and stability of mRNA are all functions of what?
Poly (A) tail
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what are the poly(A) tail functions? (4)
1) nuclear export through nuclear pores 2) translation and stability of mRNA (targets mRNA too) 3) the tail shortens over time and is slowly enzymatically degraded in the cytoplasm.