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Chapter 15-PowerPoint Flashcards

1
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Where did the early ideas to explain how genes work

come from?

A

studying human diseases

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What did Archibald Garrod do/experiment?

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  • Recognized that alkaptonuria is inherited via a recessive allele
  • Proposed that patients with the disease lacked a particular enzyme
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What was the significance of Archibald Garrod experiment?

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connected genes to enzymes

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When did Archibald Garrod do his experiment?

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1902

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What is alkaptonuria?

A

metabolic disease Characterized by hardening and blackening of the cartilage and urine that
turns black when exposed to air.

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6
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What is alkaptonuria caused by?

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two mutated copies of a gene that normally encodes the
enzyme that breaks down homogentisic acid; these mutated versions are either not produced or produced only at low levels.

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7
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What is the central dogma?

A

DNA → RNA → protein

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8
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Who gave the name to the central dogma? when?

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Francis Crick in 1956

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9
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What is transcription?

A

DNA template strand is copied into a

complementary RNA strand

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10
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What is translation?

A

uses the RNA copy to assemble amino acids into a polypeptide

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What type of cells does coupling of transcription and translation occur in?

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prokaryotic cells

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12
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transcription nuc—exist nuc pores, translation occurs in cytoplasm at ribosomes

A

eukaryotic cells

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13
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What happens to precursor m-RNA?

A

Pre-mRNA ends are modified and extra segments (entrons—non coding regions) are
removed by RNA processing – functional mRNA exits
the nucleus and is translated in the cytoplasm.

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14
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What are the extra non coding region on precursor-mRNA called?

A

entrons

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15
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What replaces T in RNA?

A

U

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16
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Where does transcription occur in eukaryotic cells?

A

nucleus

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17
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Where does translation occur in eukaryotic cells?

A

cytoplasm at ribosomes

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18
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Which type of cells produces a functional mRNA directly, with no modifications?

A

prokaryotic cells

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19
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What is a codon?

A

three-letter word (triplet) of the code

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20
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How many strands of DNA are chosen for transcription?

A

1

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21
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How many strands of DNA are chosen for replication?

A

2

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22
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What makes RNA?

A

RNA polymerase

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23
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Does RNA require free 3’ hydroxyl end?

A

no

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24
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Is RNA still anti-parallel?

A

yes

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25
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What direction is RNA? what is this similar to?

A

5’ to 3’ , same as DNA

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26
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What is the start codon?

A

AUG, Met

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27
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Do the base pairs before AUG matter?

A

no

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28
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Messenger RNA (mRNA)

A

RNA decoded to make proteins

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29
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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

A

ribosomes contain this

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30
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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

A

brings in amino acids to the ribosomes during protein synthesis

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31
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Small nuclear RNA (snRNA)

A

part of a complex involved in removing uncoding regions/entrons

32
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Signal recognition particle RNA

33
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Micro-RNA (miRNA)

A

small stretches of RNA, anti-sense (can bind to mRNA and are complementary sequences to mRNA)

34
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How many codons are there?

35
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How many sense codons are there?

36
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What are sense codons?

A

codons that specify an amino acid

37
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What are the stop codons? (3)

A

UAA, UAG, and UGA

38
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Which amino acids only have one codon? (2)

A

methionine and tryptophan

39
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What is degeneracy?

A

amino acids that can be represented by more than one codon

40
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What does it mean when the genetic code is commales?

A

there are no indicators to mark the end of one codon and the beginning of the next

41
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What is the genetic code universal to?

A

all living organisms and viruses

42
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What are the 2 man components of a gene?

A

Promoter and Transcription unit

43
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What is a promoter?

A

control sequence for transcription

44
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What is the transcription unit?

A

section of the gene that is copied into an RNA

molecule

45
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What are the 3 stages of transcription?

A
  • Initiation
  • Elongation
  • Termination
46
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What type of polymerase is in prokaryotic transcription?

A

single RNA polymerase, one type not one copy

47
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Does Initiation of mRNA synthesis require a primer in prokaryotic transcription?

48
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What does prokaryotic transcription require? (3)

A
  • promoter
  • start site
  • termination site
49
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What is required for the initiation of transcription in eukaryotic?

A

series of transcription factors

• Necessary to get the RNA polymerase II
enzyme to a promoter and to initiate gene
expression
• Interact with RNA polymerase to form
initiation complex at promoter
50
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What are the 3 qualities of RNA polymerase?

A

1) 5’—>3’
2) doesn’t require primer
3) RNA is anti-parallel to template strand

51
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What does RNA pol 1 transcribe?

52
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What does gene expression refer to?

A

transcription and translation

53
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What does RNA pol 2 transcribe?

54
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What does RNA pol 3 transcribe?

55
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Where does the initiation complex form in eukaryotic cells?

56
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Does Each polymerase recognizes a different promoter structure?

57
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Are mRNAs are modified after transcription?

58
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Are mRNAs are modified after transcription?

59
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Are RNA molecules are single or double polynucleotide chains?

60
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What is involved in processing?

A

1) 5’ cap added
2) Poly A tail added to the end of the mRNA
3) splicing to remove non-coding regions

61
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What is copied in transcription?

A

Only the sequence encoding a single gene is copied

62
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• In eukaryotes, RNA polymerase II cannot bind directly to DNA, transcription
factors must first bind to the promoter – in bacteria, RNA polymerase binds
directly to DNA
• Termination in Prokaryotes is caused by the formation of the hairpin loop. This
stretch of A-U base pairing makes the RNA-DNA hybrid less stable and it falls
off the enzyme.
• In Eukaryotes, the end of transcription is not defined by RNA polymerase since
the transcript undergoes modification – capping at the 5’ end and addition of
the poly-A tail at the 3’end.

A

differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic transcription

63
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What is required to allow recognition of state site in prokaryotes?

A

single factor called sigma subunit

64
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What is required to allow recognition of state site in eukaryotes?

A

whole host of transcription factors

65
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What are the 2 subunits of a ribosome?

A

large and small subunit

66
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What are the bonds between amino acids?

A

peptide bonds

67
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What are peptide bonds formed by?

68
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peptidyl transfase

A

large subunit

69
Q

alpha, beta, delta, omicorn

A

varient names

70
Q

differences between delta and omicorn?

A

number of mutations in spike protein difference

71
Q

Where are the spike proteins located?

A

nuclear envelope

72
Q

What is the genetic material in the virus?

73
Q

omicorn spike mutation has 50 mutations

delta spike mutation has greater than 20 mutations

74
Q

How many deaths from the flu occur every year?

75
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How do they differentiate the variants of COVID?

A

sequencing the genome

76
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Was omicron present before delta came along?

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