Chapter 13 Flashcards
What is all DNA present in a cell or virus?
Genome
Set of specific genes an organisms possesses
Genotype
Collection of observable characteristics
Phenotype
Who proposed the transformation principle?
Griffith
Who showed that the transformation principle was DNA
MacLeod and McCarty
Who showed that DNA is genetic material?
Hershey and Chase
What links polymers of nucleotides together?
phophodiester bonds
How do DNA and RNA differ?
nitrogenous bases
sugars
single or double stranded
What is the structure of DNA
polymer of nucleotides
sugar phosphate backbone
What are the bases for DNA?
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
What is the sugar for DNA?
deoxyribose
What is the structure of the phosphate backbone?
3’ to 5’ with covalent bonds between them
What pairs with Adenine?
Thymine; 2 hydrogen bonds
What pairs with Guanine?
Cytosine; 3 hydrogen bonds
What are the nucleotides for RNA?
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
Are RNA single or double stranded?
Single
What are the three different functions of RNA?
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
What is the protein structure?
polymer of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
What is C-terminal?
Carboxy group
What is N-Terminal?
amino group
How can amino acids be organized?
polar, non polar, or charged
2 strands separate, serving as a template for a complementary strand.
DNA Replication
What does it mean that DNA Replication is semi-conservative?
each daughter cell obtains one old and one new strand
Where is DNA unwound?
at the replication fork
Origin and is replicated as a unit?
Replicon
What protein synthesizes RNA primer?
DNA primase
What protein relieves supercoiling of DNA?
DNA gyrase
What protein removes RNA primers?
DNA polymerase 1
Which way is DNA synthesized?
5’ to 3’
What do polymerases require?
template
primer
dNTPs
What does the template do for polymerases?
directs synthesis of complementary strand
What is the primer for polymerase?
DNA or RNA strand
How many polymerases does E.coli have?
5
What is a complex of 10 proteins and 3 proteins for a core enzyme?
DNA polymerase holoenzyme
How many enzymes are in each polymerase and what do they do?
2; catalyze DNA synthesis and proofread
What protein keeps strands apart for replication to occur?
Single stranded binding proteins
What protein breaks one strand of DNA?
Topoisomerase
What happens at the replication fork?
- DNA is synthesized in the 5’-3’
- Okazaki fragments are formed
- A new primer is needed for each okazaki fragment
What protein bends strands in E.coli DNA?
DnaA