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nucleic acids

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polymers specialized for storage, transmission, and use of genetic information

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DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid; has deoxyribose; has thymine

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RNA

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ribonucleic acid; has ribose; has uracil

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nucleotides

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monomers for nucleic acid: pentose sugar + nitrogenous base + phosphate group

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two forms of nitrogenous bases?

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-pyrimidines: single ring
-purines: fused double-ring

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types of pyrimidines

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-Cytosine
-Thymine
-Uracil

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types of purines

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-Adenine
-Guanine

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how are nucleotides linked?

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-through phosphodiester bonds
-phosphate groups link the 3 carbon in one sugar to the 5 carbon in another sugar
-nucleic acids grow in the 5’-to-3’ direction

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DNA base?

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-purines: adenine (A) & Guanine (G)
-pyrimidines: cytosine (C) & thymine (T)

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complementary base pairing

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purines pair with pyrimidines by hydrogen bonding
-can also take place between RNA and DNA

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RNA base

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-single-stranded, but base pairing can occur between different regions of the molecule which results in 3D structures
-RNA has uracil (U) instead of thymine

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DNA

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-two strands form a double helix
-all DNA molecules have the same structure
-genetic information is carried in the sequence of base pairs

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Transcription

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DNA sequences are copied into RNA

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Translation

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RNA sequence specifies the sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide

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gene expression

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transcription + translation

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replication

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when DNA reproduce itself

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what does DNA replication & transcription depend on?

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it depends on the base-pairing properties of nucleic acids

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genome

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the complete set of DNA in an organism

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genes

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sequences of DNA that are transcribed into RNA

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hereditary information

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DNA carries hereditary information from one generation to the next; closely related living species have more similar base sequences than do species that are more distantly related

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what DNA sequencing used for?

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to trace evolutionary relationships

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other roles for nucleotides?

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-ATP: energy transfer in biochemical reactions
-GTP: energy source ini protein synthesis
-cAMP: essential in many processes, including hormone action
-carried in synthesis and breakdown of carbohydrates and lipids

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spontaneous generation? who disproved it?

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some forms of life arose from decaying matter; Francesco Redi disproved this in 1668

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what experiment disproved spontaneous generation

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an experiment by Louis Pasteur showed that microorganisms can arise only from other microorganisms

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describe the experiment

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jar 1: meat was exposed to air and flies. maggots formed in the meat
jar 2: fine cloth covering jar meat was exposed to air but not flies. no maggots formed
jar 3: lid coving jar, meat was no exposed to air or flies. no maggots formed

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what are the two theories on how life first originated?

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  1. chemical evolution
  2. life came from outside earth
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chemical evolution

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-conditions on primitive earth led to information of simple molecules such as amino acids, which led to formation of life forms
-Miller and Urey (1950s) experimented with reconstructing those primitive conditions using gases thought to be in the early atmosphere: H2, NH3, CH4, H2O

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what did Miller and Urey experiments spark?

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-volcanoes many also have added CO2, N2, H2C, and SO2 to the atmosphere
-adding these gases to the experimental atmosphere results in formation of many more small organic molecules

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life came from outside earth

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-some meteorites contain molecule such as purines, pyrimidines, and amino acids, suggesting that living organisms might have reached earth within a meteorite
-some question if organisms could survive in a meteorite

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what are plausible explanations of how polymers formed?

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-possible conditions including powdered clays, hydrothermal vents, and hot pools (similar to early earth conditions)

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what is a key to the origin of life?

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-the appearance of catalysts (today catalysts are proteins called enzymes)
-proteins are synthesized from information in nucleic acids

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what came first, nucleic acids or protein catalysts?

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-RNA may have been the first catalyst; which is a nucleic acid
-the 3D shape and other properties of some TNA molecules (ribozymes) are similar to enzymes
-RNA could have acted as a catalyst for its own replication and for synthesis of proteins.
-DNA could eventually have evolved from RNA

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evidence supporting the “RNA world” hypothesis

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-ribose can be formed in prebiotic chemical synthesis experiments
-peptide linkages are catalyzed by ribozymes today
-in retroviruses, reverse transcriptase catalyzes synthesis of DNA from NRA
-short, naturally occurring RNA molecules catalyze polymerization of nucleotides in experimental settings
-an artificial ribozyme has been developed that can catalyze assembly of short RNAs into a longer molecule that is an exact copy of itself

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what must occur for life to occur

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life must have been concentrated in a compartment
-living cells now are separated from their environment by a membrane

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what does a membrane allow for cells

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-allows cells to maintain a chemical composition that is different from the external environment

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what do fatty acids form in water?

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they form a lipid bilayer around a liquid compartment

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what are protocells? what do they allow?

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A self-organized sphere of lipids proposed as a stepping-stone to the origin of life; these allow small molecules such as sugar and nucleotides to pas through

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what happens when nucleotides pass through the bilayer?

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if short nucleic acid strands capable of self replication are placed inside protocells, nucleotides can pass through the bilayer and e incorporated into polynucleotide chains

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protocells may be reasonable model for the evolution of cells?

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-they are organized systems of parts with substances interacting, in some cases catalytically
-the interior is distinct from the exterior environment
-capable of limited replication

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cyanobacteria

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based on fossil evidence found in Australia cyanobacteria which are single celled algae that photsynthesize which means carbon was needed; since carbon has isotopes it a good way to date things

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carbon isotopes

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-carbon isotopes indicative of photosynthesis were found I the fossils and also showed that several other types of bacteria were present as well
-probably took 500million to 1billion years for the first cells to appear on earth

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