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Biochem - Gene Expression Transcription Flashcards

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1
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gene expression is primarily controlled at the level of _________ ___________

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gene transcription

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gene transcription is controlled by _____ and _______ regulatory elements

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cis, trans

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Stretches of DNA located near a gene - either immediately upstream, downstream, or inside an intron - that influence the expression of that gene. Cis regions often code for binding sites for one or more transposable factors

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cis-acting elements

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can diffuse through the cytoplasm and act at target DNA sites on any DNA molecule in the cell (transcription factors)

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trans-acting elements

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most DNA-protein interactions are weak, non-_________, readily __________ bonds

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covalent, reversible

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DNA binding proteins contact several DNA bases to increase _________

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specificity

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many DNA binding proteins have specificity or ________ for multiple sequences

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affinity

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DNA binding proteins usually access the bases of DNA via the ________ __________

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major groove

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repressible operon, tryptophan binds to the repressor protein and enables it to repress gene transcription. (adjacent to initiation site)

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trp operon

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a protein that binds to the operator site of the trp operon and inhibits transcription (ligand activated)

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trp repressor

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bacteria have regulatory DNA sites called ___________ (O) that control many genes at an operon

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operators

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operators are bound by _________ that block RNA polymerase binding to the operator

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repressors

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controlled by ligand-inactivated repressor

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lac operon

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gene products allow use of lactose as energy source; 3 gene products are up-regulated in the presence of lactose because the lac repressor is ligand inactivated

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lac operon

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encodes B-galactosidase, cleaves lactose into glucose and galactose

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lacZ

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encodes the lactose permease, required for transport of lactose into the cell

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lacY

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encodes galactoside transacetylase, transfers acetyl group from acetyl-CoA (detoxification)

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lacA

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the lac operon is _________ and low-___________ dependent

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lactose, glucose

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high cAMP means there is low __________

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glucose

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LOW lactose concentrations: lac repressor protein binds to region of the promoter called operator; VERY LITTLE _________ produced

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transcript

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ADD lactose, then a stereoisomer, ____________, binds to the lac repressor protein, the lac repressor dissociates, RNA pol binds, transcription BEGINS

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allolactose

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lac operon has ___ regulatory sites

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2

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the __________ binding site of lac operon contains CRP + cAMP

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activator

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the __________ binding site of lac operon contains lac repressor

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repressor

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what structure is found between the activator and repressor binding sites
promoter
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regulatory mechanism ensuring optimal substrate use. (for lac operon) = lactose present, low glucose = optimal transcription
catabolite repression
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catabolite repression is achieved using the regulatory protein ______, which binds cAMP and becomes ligand activated
CRP
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___________ is high when glucose is low, CRP binds this
cAMP
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to get maximal expression of lac operon genes, _______ must be bound AND ______ _________ NOT bound
CRP, lac repressor
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lactose intolerance means you have a ________ deficiency
lactase
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lactose cannot be absorbed through the ________ wall unless it is _____________ digested to glucose and galactose
intestinal, enzymatically
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X-gal
A chemical similar to lactose that turns dark blue when cleaved by beta-galactosidase (LAB)
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in eukaryotes, the functional ground state is that expression is ______
off
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the process of chemical changes to the DNA and histones that activate and inactivate gene expression (chromatin altered to allow transcription)
chromatin remodeling
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in chromatin remodeling, core histones are either __________ or ___________
acetylated, methylated
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acetylation of lysines by histone acetyltransferases (____) reduce the positive charge and decrease affinity of histones for _______
HATS, DNA
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transcription by RNA Polymerase 2 requires __ classes of proteins
3
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what 3 classes of proteins are required for transcription by RNA Poly 2
1) basal transcription factors 2) DNA-binding transactivators 3) Co-activators (and repressors) for protein-protein binding
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eukaryotic gene expression is repressed by ________ chromatin structure
condensed
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active transcription requires local ________ of chromatin to relieve repression
remodeling
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dense chromatin structure
transcription off
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loose chromatin structure
transcription on
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how many types of chromatin remodeling were shown to us?
5
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acetylation methylation ubiquination sumoylation phosphorylation
5 types chromatin remodeling (all post-translational mods)
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vitamin _____ (chemical) binds vitamin D receptor (protein) resulting in ___________ with RXR (protein)
D3, dimerization
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Produced in the skin by ultraviolet irradiation
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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proteins that bind to the cis sequences and direct the assembly of transcription complexes at the proper gene
trans factors
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vitamin D receptor is a ______ ________, meaning it directs assembly of transcription complexes at the correct gene
trans factor
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transcription factors bind at super specific _______ sequences
DNA
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transcription factors have _________ motifs
conserved
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zinc fingers leucine zippers helix-turn-helix helix-loop-helix
examples of conserved motifs in transcription factors
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vitamin D has a role in _________ of gene expression by using different _______-_________ factors
regulation, trans-acting
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a regulatory protein that binds to a regulatory element in the DNA
trans acting factors
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DNA sequences that bind regulatory proteins
cis elements
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"Gene regulatory proteins that don't bind to dna are called __________ and ___________ (proteins that bind other proteins)"
coactivators and corepressors
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adding a methyl group to DNA, x inactivation in females is an example of this
DNA methylation
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Inactivates transcription of DNA (decreases expression)
hypermethylation
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increased gene expression
hypomethylation
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important in eukaryotes; cellular and enzymatic reactions that inhibit the process by which polypeptides are synthesized on ribosomes
translational repression
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in translational repression, if you phosphorylate initiation factors (___________ them)
inactivates
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in translational repression, if ___________ bind to mRNA and initiation factors then it can stop ____________
proteins, translation
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a phenomenon in which gene expression and phenotype depend on which parent the genes come from
gene imprinting
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Compulsive eating; (expresses 1, 3; segment 2 not expressed) DELETION OF PATERNAL
Prader-Willi Syndrome
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aka happy puppet syndrome, mental retardation, seizures (expresses 2, 3; segment 1 not expressed) DELETION OF MATERNAL
Angelman Syndrome
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excess, ectopic agouti expression (yellow phenotype) results in cancer, diabetes, obesity
LTR active
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"pseudoagouti phenotype, ""normal"" agouti expression results: lean, healthy, normal lifespan
LTR suppressed
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the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change
Epigenetics
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transcription at the lactose (lac) operon is maximal in bacteria when?
The cAMP and lactose levels are both high within the cell.
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a mechanism used to regulate transcription at a eukaryotic gene is?
protein-DNA interactions

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