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Chapter 21-Nucleic Acids An Protein Synthesis Flashcards

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Types of Nucleic acids

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Deoxyribonucleic (DNA) and ribonucleic (RNA)

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Nucleotides

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Unbranched polymers of repeating monomer units

Ex: DNA and RNA

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How many nucleotides does a DNA molecule contain?

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Several million

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Three components of a nucleotide.

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Base, five-carbon sugar, and a phosphate.

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Phosphoryl group

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When -PO3(2-) is part of a larger molecule

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Base- in Nucleic acids

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Derivatives of pyramidine or purine

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Purine bases with double rings (DNA)

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Adenine (A) and guinine (G)

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Pyrimidine bases with with single rings (DNA)

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Cytosine (C) and thymine (T)

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RNA bases

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Adenine(A), guanine (G) and cytosine (C) but thymine is replaced with uracil (U)

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Five-carbon sugar (RNA)

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Ribose (r-in RNA)

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Atoms in pentose sugars

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Numbered with primes (1’, 2’,3’,4’, and 5’)

-used to differentiate them from atoms in the bases

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Five-carbon sugar (DNA)

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Deoxyribose (d in DNA)

  • similar to ribose except there is no hydroxyl group on c2’
  • deoxy means “without oxygen”
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How is a nucleoside produced?

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When a pyrimidine or a purine forms a glycosidic bond to C1’ of a sugar (either a ribose or a deoxyribose)

Example: adenine, a purine, and ribose form a nucleoside called adenosine

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How is a nucleotide produced?

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When the C5’ -OH group of ribose or deoxyribose in a nucleoside forms a phosphate ester.

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5’ monophosphate nucleotides

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Found in DNA and RNA.

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Naming nucleosides

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Nucleoside that contains a purine- ends with -osine

Nucleoside that contains a pyrimidine- ends with -idine

Corresponding nucleotides in RNA and DNA are named by adding 5’-monophosphate.

Examples: adenosine-5’-monophosphate (amp)

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ATP

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Energy molecule in our bodies

Major source of energy for most energy-requiring activities in the cell

GMP+phosphate=GDP and GTP (energy source for protein synthesis)
dGMP+phosphate=dGDP and dGTP (intermediate in phospholipid synthesis)

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Diphosphates

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Phosphoryl group in any nucleoside can bond to one additional phosphate group (ADP) adenosine-5’-diphosphate

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Triphosphate

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Phosphoryl group in nucleoside-5’-monophosphate bonds to two additional phosphate groups to form a triphosphate. (adenosine-5’-triphosphate) ATP

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Nucleic acids

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Polymers of many nucleotides in which the 3’-hydroxyl group of the sugar in one nucleotide bonds to the 5’-carbon atom in the sugar of the next nucleotide.

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Phosphidiester bond

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The link between the sugars in adjacent nucleotides

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Primary structure

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Each Nucleic acid has its own unique sequence of bases.

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Nucleic acid sequence

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Read from sugar with free 5’-phosphate to the sugar with free 3’-hydroxyl group.

Example: nucleotide sequence starting with adenine (free 5’-phosphate end) in the section of RNA 5’-A-C-G-U-3

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Specific relationship between bases

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The amount of adenine (A) is equal to the amount of thymine (T), and the amount of guanine (G) is equal to the amount of (C) cytosine.

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Chargoff’s rules

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Number of purine molecules=number of pyrimidine molecules
A=T
G=C

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Double helix

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Consists of two polynucleotide strands winding about each other like a spiral staircase

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complimentary base pairs

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A-T- form one hydrogen bond
G-C- form three hydrogen bonds

each of bases along a polynucleotide strand forms hydrogen bonds to a specific base on the opposite DNA strand

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replication

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strands in the parent DNA molecule separate, which allows the synthesis of complimentary strands of DNA.

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Replication process

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Stars when an enzyme called helicase catalyzes the unwinding of a portion of the double helix by breaking the hydrogen bonds between the complimentary bases.

These strands are now templates for the synthesis of new complementary strands of DNA.

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DNA Polymerase

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Catalyzes the formation of phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotides.

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Hydrolysis of pyrophosphate

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Releases energy for the new bonds

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Semi-conservative replication

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Produces two new DNA’s called daughter DNA’s that are identical to each other and exact copies of the original parent DNA

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Helicase

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Unwinding of DNA that occurs simultaneously in several sections along the parent DNA molecule

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Replication forks

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DNA polymerase catalyzes the replication process at each of these open DNA sections

Catalyzes only phosphodiester bonds and must move in opposite directions alongside the separate strands on DNA.

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Leading strand

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The new DNA strand that grows in the 5’-3’ direction is synthesized continuously

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Lagging strand

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Synthesized in the opposite direction, which is in the reverse 3’-5’ direction

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Okazaki fragments

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Parts of lagging strand that are synthesized at the same time by several DNA polymerases and connected to form continuous strand by DNA ligases to give a sing 3’-5’ DNA strand.

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What makes up most of the Nucleic acid found in the cell?

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RNA

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RNA

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Involved in transmitting the genetic information needed to operate the cell

Unbranched polymers of nucleotides

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Differences in RNA from DNA

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  • the sugar in RNA is ribose rather than deoxyribose found in DNA
  • in RNA, the base uracil replaces thymine
  • RNA molecules are single-stranded Nucleic acids
  • RNA molecules are much smaller than DNA molecules
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Three major types of RNA in the cells

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Messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA

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Most abundant type of RNA?

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Ribosomal RNA- 80% of RNA

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How is ribosomal RNA combined?

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With proteins in the ribosomes.

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Ribosomes

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The sites within the cells where protein synthesis occurs

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How many sub units do ribosomes have?

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2

A large subunit and a small subunit

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Purpose of messenger RNA

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carries information for protein synthesis from the DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes

5% of RNA

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Purpose is transfer DNA

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Brings amino acids to the ribosomes for protein synthesis

15% of RNA

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Structure of tRNA

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70-90 nucleotides

Hydrogen bonds between complimentary bases produce loops that give SOME double stranded regions

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Acceptor stem

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3’ end with nucleotide sequence ACC

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Anticodon

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Series of three bases that complements three bases of an mRNA

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Transcription

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The genetic information for the synthesis of a protein is copied from a gene in DNA to make a messenger RNA

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Translation

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tRNA molecules convert the mRNA information into amino acids

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Protein synthesis

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DNA (transcription) mRNA (translation) protein

————–> ————->

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Transcription: synthesis of mRNA

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Transcription begins with section of DNA Molecule that contains the gene to unwind- mRNA forms bases that are complementary to DNA template. C &. G form pairS. T (in DNA) pairs with A (in mRNA), and A (in DNA) pairs with U ( in mRNA)

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Exons

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Code for proteins

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Introns

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Do not code for proteins

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Pre-mRNA

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Copy of entire DNA template ( including non coding introns)

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Before Pre-mRNA leaves the nucleus

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Introns must be removed

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When does synthesis of mRNA occur?

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When cells require a particular protein

NOT RANDOMLY

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Where does the regulation of synthesis take place?

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At the transcription level, where the absence or presence of end products determine which mRNA’s are needed for specific proteins

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Enzyme induction

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Occurs where high levels of a substrate turn on the transcription of the genes that produce the mRNA’s that code for specific enzymes

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Operons

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Sections of DNA that regulate the synthesis of related proteins

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Control site

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Each Operon has their own

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Structural genes

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Produce mRNA’s for specific proteins

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Regulatory gene

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In front of lactose operon that produces an mRNA for the synthesis of a repressor protein that blocks the synthesis of B-galactosidase by RNA polymerase

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Genetic code

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Three nucleotides (triplet) in mRNA called codon

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Codon

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Each one specifies an amino acids and it’s sequence in a protein

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How many codons are possible?

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64

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Stop signals that code for the termination of protein synthesis

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UGA, UAA, UAG

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Anticodon

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Loop which is a triplet of bases that complements a codon in an mRNA

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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

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Enzyme that attached to the acceptor stem of each tRNA

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When does activation take place?

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When tRNA synthetase uses the anticodon of tRNA to form an ester bond between the carboxylate group of its amino acid and the hydroxyl group of the acceptor stem

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What corrects incorrect combination?

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Hydrolysis

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Start codon

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First codon in an mRNA

AUG

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Chain elongation

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Another tRNA carries a second amino acid to the adjacent codon of the mRNA

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Translocation

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First tRNA detaches from the ribosome

Ribosome shifts to the next codon of the mRNA

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Polysome

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Several ribosomes translate a single strand of mRNA simultaneously to produce several copies of the peptide chain at the same time

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Release factors

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Release the completes polypeptide chain from a ribosome

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Mutation

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Change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA

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What causes mutation?

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X-rays, overexposure to sun, chemicals called mutagens, and possibly some viruses

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Somatic cell

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Cell other than a reproductive cell

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What can an uncontrolled growth cause?

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Cancer

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What if mutation occurs in a germ cell ( egg or sperm cell?)

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DNA produces will have same genetic change

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What happens when a mutation severely alters the function of a structural protein or enzyme?

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The new cell may not survive or the person may exhibit a disease or condition that is a result of a genetic defect

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Substitution mutation

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The replacement of one base in the coding strand of DNA with another

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Most common way in which mutations occur?

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Substitution

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Frameshift mutation

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A base is added to or deleted from the normal order of bases in the coding strand of DNA

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Genetic disease

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When a protein deficiency is hereditary

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Recombinant DNA

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Cutting and recombining of DNA fragments

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What is recombinant DNA used for?

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To produce human insulin for diabetics
Antiviral substance interferon
Blood clotting factor VIII
Human growth hormone

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What is most of the work in recombinant DNA done with?

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Escherichia coli (e. coli)

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Plasmids

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Small circular molecules where bacterial cells exist

Easy to isolate and capable of replicatoon

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Restriction enzyme

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Breaks phosphodiester bonds in DNA between specific nucleotides

Used to cut open the circular DNA strands in plasmids

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Human insulin

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Treat diabetes

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Erythropoietin (EPO)

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Treat anemia; stimulate production of erythrocytes

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Human growth hormone (HGH)

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Stimulate growth

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Interferon

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Treat cancer and viral disease

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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)

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Destroy tumor cells

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Monoclonal antibodies

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Transport drugs needed to treat cancer and transplant rejection

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Epidermal growth factor ( EGF)

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Stimulate helping of wounds and burns

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Human blood clotting factor VIII

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Treat hemophilia; allows blood to clot normally

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Interleukins

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Stimulate immune system

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Prourokinase

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Destroy blood clots; treat myocardial infractions

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DNA fingerprinting

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Restriction enzymes are used to cut DNA into smaller fragments called RFLP’s

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RFLP

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Restriction fragment length polymorphisms

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Odds of two people who are not identical twins producing the same DNA fingerprint

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One in a billion

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Applications of DNA fingerprinting

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Connecting suspects to a crime, determining biological parentage,establishing identity of a deceased person, matching recipients with organ donors

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What is DNA used for.

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Screening for genes responsible for sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, breast cancer, colon cancer, huntington’s disease, Lou gehrigs disease

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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

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Made it possible to produce multiple copies of (amplify) the DNA in a short time

Cloning

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Viruses

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Small particles of 3 to 200 genes that cannot replicate without a host cell

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What do viruses contain?

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DNA or RNA. But not both. DNA or RNA are inside a Protein coat

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He does a viral infection begin?

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When an enzyme in the protein coat of the virus makes a hole on the host cell, allowing the viral Nucleic acid to enter and mix with the materials in the host cell

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Protease

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Produces a protein coat to form a viral particle that leaves the cell

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Vaccines

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Inactive forms of viruses that boost the immune response by causing the body to produce antibodies to the virus

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What childhood viruses can be prevented by using vaccines?

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Polio, mumps, chicken pox, and measles

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Retrovirus

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Virus that contains RNA as its genetic material

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What must a retrovirus first do inside the cell?

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Reverse trancription

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Reverse transcriptase

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Uses the viral RNA template to synthesize complementary strands of DNA using the nucleotides present on the host cell

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Provirus

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Newly formed DNA that integrates with the DNA inside the host cell

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