Ch. 22 Part 2: DNA Mutations and Repair Flashcards

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How is genetic stability accomplished?

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  1. Accurate DNA replication system 1/10^6
  2. DNA repair system when damaged 1/10^8
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Define mutation

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Any change in genetic material or base sequence of DNA

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2 consequences of mutations

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Somatic mutations: cell changes (disease/cell death) that mostly affect individual

Germ line mutations: heritable diseases (or stable changes leading to evolution)

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Rate of mutation

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1 mutation/ 10^9

7x10^9 bp/human genome

7 mutations/cell

100 trillion cells

= A LOT of mutations

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Explain the 2 types of mutations

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  • Small scale: single/few bases change
    • i.e. Base substitution (transition vs. transversion), base deletion (frameshift), base insertion
  • Large scale: chromosomal mutations
    • Translocation, inversion, deletion, nondisjunction
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Explain difference between transition and transversion

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Both examples of base substitution

Transition: Purine to purine

Transversion: Purine to pyrimidine (vice versa)

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How else can you classify base substitutions?

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Based on consequence:

  1. Silent: Don’t induce change in amino acid
  2. Missense: change amino acid
  3. Nonsense: Introduce stop codon (UAA, UAG, UGA)
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What is a frameshift mutation?

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Can be caused by deletion or insertion. Causing misreading of sequence, so entirely new amino acid is given. Not called a frameshift if 3 codons, but can still cause disease (Fragile X, Huntington’s)

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What is a translocation mutation?

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Large scale; Interchange large segments of DNA

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Inversion mutation

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Large scale; Flip DNA orientation with respect to chromosome (upside down)

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Deletion mutation (large scale)

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Loss of important genes, can also be caused by chromosomal rearrangment during meiosis (not always bad)

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Nondisjunction mutation

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Large scale; pairs of chromosomes fail to separate properly

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What are insertion, non-frameshift disease?

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Fragile X: CGG repeat (5-54 unaffected, 60-230 carriers, 230-4000 retarded)

Huntington’s disease: CAG repeat (11-30 unaffected, 36-121 chorea, death)

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What do intercalating agents do?

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Insertion and cause frameshift (introduce new base pair)

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Exon skipping

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base substitution mutation that causes it to no longer think it’s the end of the exon, so includes exon 1, intron, and exon 2 as ONE WHOLE EXON. Essentially, exon 2 skipped.

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What is a mutagen?

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Physical agent/chemical reagent that causes mutation

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Mutagenesis

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Process of producing a mutation (induced, spontaneous)

18
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Spontanous mutagenesis

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Extensive damage occurs continuously

Faulty editorial proofreading during replication

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Chemical mutagenesis

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Chemicals from environment (mutagen, carcinogen) induce modification of bases (alkylation) or insertion between bases

20
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UV, Ionizing radiation mutagenesis

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Cross linking of base pairs, ring opening, strand breaks, ROS

21
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What is the Ames Test?

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Determines if a chemical is a mutagen

Assume: any substance that is a mutagen may also be a carcinogen.

Some substances that cause cancer don’t give positive Ames test (carcinogen, but not mutagen)

Important because low-cost and easy to use

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Explain the Ames Test with salmonella typhirium

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Salmonella typhirium carries mutant gene (can’t make histidine) from ingredients on medium (histidine must be supplied). If back mutation occurs (so have functional gene) and grows on a histidine deficient medium = carcinogen.

23
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What are the 4 different types of DNA damages?

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  1. Depurination or Depyrimidination (Base loss): glycosyl bond linking DNA bases with deoxyribose is labile under physiological conditions. Base lost, but sugar-phosphate backbone remains in tact. If not repaired, strand can’t replicate.
  2. Deamination (base modification): A, G, C contain amino groups and can deAMINATE at neutral pH. Esp common from C-> U (easily detected by DNA repair)
  3. Thymine dimers: UV radiation causes 2 adjacent pyrimidine bases to form dimers.
  4. Chemical modification: ROS formed by oxidative metabolism and ionizing radiation
  5. Replication errors during replication
  6. Inter-strand crosslinks by bifunctional alkylating agents, UV, or ionizing radiations
  7. DNA-protein crosslinks:
  8. Strand breaks: ionizing radiation can cause single/double strand nicks/breaks
24
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What are the 3 broad categories of repair?

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  1. Direct reversal
  2. Excision of damaged region, followed by precise replacement
  3. Damage tolerance: attempt to minimize effects of damage that’s not repaired
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Direct reversal of damage

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Photoreactivation: photolyase uses photon energy 300-600 nm to cleave pyrimidine dimers. Not found in placental mammals

MGMT (O6 methyl guanine DNA): suicide enzyme that transfers O6 methyl of bad bases to Cys of itself, rendering it inactive.

DNA ligase: sealing nicks

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Excision Repair (and 3 mechanisms)

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If damage in only 1 strand, can cut it out and replace it with new DNA using complementary strand as template

All organisms use 3 mechanisms: mismatch, base excision, nucleotide excision

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Mismatch repair MMR

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Correct base mismatches in newly made DNA (unmethylated, unlike parent strand)

  • Ex in bacteria: If T-G mismatch (T is parent strand)
  • MutS scans, finds mismatch and binds to base
  • MutH recognizes methylated sequence on GATC of parent strand
  • MutL links MutS and MutH
  • MutH nicks opposite strand (not parent)
  • Helicase UvrD unwinds DNA from nick, going past nucleotide
  • Exonucelase excise short segment of “new strand”
  • SSB binds and DNA pol III fills site
  • DNA ligase seals

In eukaryotes:

  • MSH2-MSH6=MutS
  • MLH1, PMS2, and EXO1=MutL
  • ??=MutH
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Base Excision Repair

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Remove incorrect (U) or damaged (3 methylated A) bases

  1. Removal wrong base by DNA N-glycosylase to create AP site
  2. Nicking of damaged DNA strand by AP endonuclease upstream of AP site (3’OH terminus next to site)
  3. Extension of 3’OH terminus by DNA polymerase, DNA ligase seals nick
29
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What repair system is damaged in xeroderma pigmentosum?

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Nucleotide excision repair

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Nucleotide Excision Reapir

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Most important of all the repair systems

  1. Damage recognition
  2. Binding of multiprotein complex at damage site (UvrA, B, C, D)
  3. Double incision of damaged strand SEVERAL NUCLEOTIDES AWAY on both 5’ and 3’
  4. Removal of damage-containing oligonucleotides in between nicks
  5. Fill with DNA polymerase
  6. Ligation via DNA ligase
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Damage Tolerance

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SOS (Save our Ship) repair

  1. Cells overwhelmed by UV damage
  2. DNA polymerases bypass damage site
  3. Insert DNA without proper base pairing/proofreading (on purpose)
  4. Recognized by RecA and bind to ss DNA
  5. Inactivate LexA (repressor of SOS genes)
  6. Inactivate inhibitor=activate SOS
  7. DNA polymerase V bypase damaged site (no proofreading)
  8. Not very accurate
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How can you repair DNA ds breaks?

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Homologous recombinationa and Homologous end-joining

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Homologous Recombination

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Rad51 protein searches homologous copy of damaged DNA on sister chromatid and use sequnce from sister chromatid

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Non Homologous End joining

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Doesn’t require identical chromatid. Joins 2 ends of broken DNA double helix by DNA ligase IV. protein recognizes ds break and recruit protein kinases. Autophosphorylate themselves to prevent possible nuclease attack and promote ligase reactions (more prone to error)

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Xeroderma Pigmentosum

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Mutations in 7 genes XPA-G that encode UV excision system (nucleotide excision repair). Severe light sensitivity, weird pigmentation, neurological defects

36
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Ataxia telangiectasia

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1/40,000-1/100.000 worldwide

ATM, GADD45, and p53 gene involved

Neurological problems in balance, recurrent sinus infections, immune system abnormalities, sensitive to radiation

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Hereditary Nonpolyposis colon cancer

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Mutations of 1/5 genes hMSH2, hPMS1, MSH6 (mismatch repair) all on chromosome 2

hMLH1 (ch. 3) and hPMS2 (ch. 7)

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Faconi’s anemia

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aplastic anemia due to defective DNA repair on interstrand cross links or x ray induced DNA damage

39
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Hutchinson-Gilford progeria Syndrome

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helicase mutations

“Werner syndrome”

Accelerates aging process 7x normal rate

40
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Bloom’s Syndrome

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DNA ligase partially defective (genetic instability -> frequent breaks and changes)

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Cockayne’s Syndrome

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Profound growth retardation, retinopathy, cataracts, defective UV induced DNA repair system

42
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Retinoblastoma

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Autosomal dominant

Mutation in tumor suppressor RB gene on chromosome 13q