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Is DNA parallel or antiparallel

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antiparallel

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How often is there a turn in DNA

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one turn every 10 bp

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What digest linker DNA?

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nuclease

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What is a nucleosome core particle made up of?

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8 histone proteins

  • 2 molecules each of H2A, H2B, H3, H4
  • 2x standee DNa that is 147 nucleotide pairs long
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What are the universal features of cells on earth?

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  • all cells store their heredity info in the same linear chemical code: DNA
  • all cells replicate their hereditary information by templated polymerization
  • all cells translate RNA into protein in the same way
  • each protein is encoded by a specific gene
  • all cells function as biochemical factories dealing with the same basic molecular building blocks
  • all cells are enclosed in a plasma membrane across which nutrients and waste materials pass
  • life requires free energy
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What does acetylation do for genes? methylation?

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acetylation: activating
methylation: inhibiting

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What is an Okazaki fragment?

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chunk of DNA on lagging strand

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look at DNA repair pathways

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slide 12-13

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What is homologous recombination

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crossing over and gene conversion occurring in same chromosome, multiple opportunities for genetic reassortment

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What is a DNA only transposon?

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short invited repeats at each end

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What enzyme is required for movement in DNA only transposon?

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transposes

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what is the mode of movement for DNA only transposon?

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moves as DNA, either by cut and paste or replicative pathways

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describe retroviral like retrotransposons

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directly related long terminal repeats at each end

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retroviral like retrotransposons enzyme

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reverse transcriptase and integrase

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retroviral like retrotransposons move of movement

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moves via an RNA intermediate whose production is driven by a promoter in the LTR

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describe nonretroviral retrotransposons

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poly A at 3’ end of RNA transcript, 5’ end often truncates

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nonretroviral retrotransposons enzyme

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reverse transcriptase and endonuclease

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nonretroviral retrotransposons move of movement

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moves via an RNA intermediate that is often synthesized form a neighboring promotor

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____ in somatic cells direct differentiation into Sertoli cells instead of follicle cells

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Sry

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What do Sertoli cells do?

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secrete anti-mullerian hormone to suppress female development, causing mullerian duct to regress

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What do leydig cells do?

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secrete testosterone

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In the absence of sry, what occurs?

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genital ridge becomes ovary
PGC becomes egg
somatic cells differentiate into follicle cells (support cells) and theca cells (estrogen producing cells)

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are gametes haploid or diploid?

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haploid

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What do capacitated sperm use to penetrate granulose cells?

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hyaluronidase

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What does the zona pellucida act as?
species barrier
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The zona pellucida induces sperm to undergo ______ reaction, which does what?
acrosome, contents help sperm to tunnel through the zona pellucid and alters sperm so it can bind and fuse with plasma membrane of egg
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what do membrane proteins ZP1, 2 and 3 do in binding of the sperm to the egg
ZP 2 and 3 form long filaments | ZP1 cross link the filaments
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What is the central dogma of biology
DNA is transcribed to messenger RNAs which act as templates for protein synthesis in translation
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What are the three phases of translation?
initiation elongation termination
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describe initiation
ribosome assembles around the target mRNA. The first tRNA is attached at the start codon
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describe elongation
tRNA transfers an amino acid corresponding to the next codon. The ribosome then moves to the next mRNA codon to continue the process, creating an amino acid chain
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describe termination
when a stop codon is reached, the ribosome releases the polypeptide
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What types of organs are commonly affected by short telomere syndrome?
organs with heigh cell turnover, such as bone marrow, liver, lungs and immune system
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look at the two repair pathways
slide 35
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How does radiation greatly increase mutation rates in all organisms?
ionizing radiation dislodges electrons in tissue causing free radicals which often damages DNA UV light induces the formation of pyrimidine dimer: two thymine bases covalently bonded that blocks replication SOS system in bacteria: SOS system allows bacteria cells to bypass the replication block with a mutation prone pathway
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______ dimers result from ultraviolet light
pyrimidine
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What is thymine dimer repair?
dimer is reputed by enzymes that cut out the surrounding nucleotides and fill the space back in
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RNA sequence is the same as the ________ strand of DNA
nontemplate
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DNA is transcribed by _______
RNA polymerase
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function of mRNA
messenger RNA, code for proteins
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function of rRNA
ribosomal RNA, form basic structure of the ribosome and catalyze protein synthesis
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function of tRNA
transfer RNA, central to protein synthesis as adaptors between mRNA and amino acids
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function of snRNA
small nuclear, function in a variety of nuclear processes, including the splicing of pre mRNA
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snoRNA function
small nucleolar, help to process and chemically modify rRNAs and splicesomal RNAs/mRNAs
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siRNA funciton
small interfering, turn off one expression by directing the degradation of selective mRNAs and the establishment of compact chromatin structures
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piRNA function
piwi-interacting, bind to kiwi proteins and protect the germ line from transposable elements
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lncRNA function
long noncoding RNA, may of which serve as scaffolds, they regulate diverse cell processes, including X-chromosome inactivation
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What is the TATA box?
25 nucleotides from the transcription initiation site, protein TBP recognizes and binds to the TATA box providing the initial step to begin transcription
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As soon as mRNA is ~ 25 nucleotides long it is capped, what do three enzymes work together to do?
1. dephosphorylate the 1st nucleotide 2. add GMP in reverse link (5' to 5' instead of 5' to 3') 3. add methyl group to guanosine
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_____ catalyzes one of the steps in clotting cascade. When mutated or deleted, it results in hemophilia.
Factor VIII
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What is the exosome?
protein complex that cleans up damaged RNAs before they leave the nucleus rich in RNAses and chops up RNAs for recycling
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What are the functions of microRNAs?
regulate expression of more than 70% of all the protein coding genes regulators of various biological processes including embryonic development, cellular proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis microRNAs play a role in complicated diseases
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What enzyme helps ensure that the correct amino acid is coupled to the tRNA?
aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
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What are the four steps in protein synthesis?
1. new tRNA binds to A site pairing with codon 2. carboxyl end of growing peptide is rebased from tRNA in P site. Peptide bond formation between the previous AA added and the new one. tRNAs in the P site and A site. 3. Large subunit moves along mRNA held by small subunit, shifting tRNAs to P and E sites on small subunit 4. small subunit moves 3 nucleotides along the mRNA and ejects the tRNA in the E site
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What is the primary role of proteins in the ribosome?
stabilize the RNA core (2/3 of ribosome is RNA)
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look at initiation of protein synthesis
slides 84-87
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______ mediated decay eliminates mRNAs with premature stop codons
nonsense
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How does a protein get sent to the proteasome
must be marked, protein E3 recognizes misfiled proteins and add multiple ubiquitin proteins to the misfolded peptide
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the cap of the proteasome has what on it?
1. ubiquitin receptor 2. unfolds 3. ubiquitin hydrolase

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