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Ch 17: Gene Expression from Gene to Protein Flashcards

1
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What is gene expression?

A

the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce and products, proteins or non-coding RNA, and affect a phenotype

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What are the two processes in gene expression?

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transcription and translation

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3
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What does DNA dictate?

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the synthesis of proteins

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4
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What do proteins link?

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genotype and phenotype

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5
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What is the one-gene-one enzyme hypothesis?

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the function of a gene is to dictate production of a specific enzyme

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What is the newest name for the one-gene-one protein hypothesis?

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it is now restated as the one-gene-one polypeptide hypothesis

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What did Archibald Garrod first suggest?

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he suggested that genes dictate phenotypes through enzymes that catalyze specific chemical reactions

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What is translation?

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the synthesis of a polypeptide using information in the mRNA

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7
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What is RNA?

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the bridge between genes and protein synthesis

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What is transcription?

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the synthesis of RNA using information in DNA

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Where does transcription occur?

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in the nucleus

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What does transcription produce?

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mRNA and primary transcripts

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Where does translation take place?

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in the cytoplasm (ribosomes)

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11
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How many total amino acids are there?

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only 20 amino acids

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What is the flow of information from gene to protein based on?

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the reading of a codon, or a triplet code

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13
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What is a template strand?

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template for ordering the sequence of complementary nucleotides in an RNA transcript

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14
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During translation, what direction are the codons read?

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5’ —-> 3’

15
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What is a coding strand?

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nontemplate strand, nucleotides are identical to codons except that T is present in the DNA in place of U in the RNA

16
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What are the two type of amino acids?

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61 code for amino acids, while only 3 are “stop” signals that end transcription

17
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What is the reading frame?

A

the correct order in which the codons must be read in for the specified polypeptide to be produced

17
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What is the function of the RNA polymerase?

A

catalyzes RNA synthesis, pries the DNA strands apart, and joins together RNA nucleotides

17
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What is the one difference between DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase?

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RNA polymerase does not need a primer

18
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What is a start point?

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an area that is signaled by a promoter for transcription to start

18
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What is a promoter?

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a specific nucleotide sequence in the DNA of a gene that binds RNA polymerase, positioning it to start transcribing RNA at an appropriate place

18
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What is a terminator?

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specific sequences of DNA that end transcriptions

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What is a transcription unit?

A

a region of DNA that is transcribed into an RNA molecule

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What are the three stages of transcription?

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initiation, elongation, termination

19
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What is a TATA box?

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a promoter that is crucial in forming the initiation complex in eukaryotes

19
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What are the functions of transcription factors?

A

they guide the binding of RNA polymerase and the initiation of transcription

20
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What is a transcription initiation complex?

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the completed assembly of transcription factors and RNA polymerase II bound to a promoter

21
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What end of an RNA strand are nucleotides added to?

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the 3’ end

22
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What is RNA processing in Eukaryotic cells?

A

enzymes in the eukaryotic nucleus modify pre-mRNA before the genetic messages move to the cytoplasm where certain interior sections of the molecule are cut out and the remaining parts spliced together

23
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How are each end of a pre-mRNA molecule modified?

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the 5’ end receives a modified nucleotide 5’ cap and the 3’ end gets a poly-A tail

24
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What are the functions of a 5’cap and a poly-A tail?

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they seem to facilitate the export of mRNA to the cytoplasm, they protect mRNA from hydrolytic enzymes, and they help ribosomes attach to 5’ end

25
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What are introns?

A

non-coding stretches of nucleotides

26
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What are exons?

A

non-coding stretches of nucleotides that are eventually expressed and translated into amino acid sequences

27
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What are spliceosomes?

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they remove introns, made of proteins and several small RNAs that recognize the splice sites

28
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What are ribozymes?

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catalytic RNA molecules that function as enzymes and can splice RNA

29
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What are the three properties of RNA that enable it to function as an enzyme?

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it can form a three-dimensional structure because of its ability to bas-pair, some bases in RNA contain functional groups that participate in catalysis, and RNA make hydrogen bonds with other nucleic acid molecules

30
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What is alternative RNA splicing?

A

some genes encode more than one kind of polypeptide depending on which segment is treated as exon during splicing

31
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What are domains?

A

modular structures in proteins that consist of regions

32
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What is exon shuffling?

A

it may result in the evolution of new proteins by mixing and matching exons between different genes

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