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Chapter 5b - Notes Flashcards

1
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very important for initial binding of RNA pol

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σ factor sigma

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2
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turn transcription off

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silencer

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Series of Events of Signal towards RNA polymerase (transcription on)

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  • Enhancer
  • Activator
  • Coactivator
  • Basal Factors
  • RNA Polymerase
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Series of Events of Signal towards RNA polymerase (transcription off)

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  • Repressor
  • Silencer
  • Activator
  • Coactivator
  • Basal Factors
  • RNA Polymerase
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5
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Eukaryotic Promoter site

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  • -25 TATA box (Goldberg–Hogness box)
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6
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What dissociates after RNA polymerase successfully binds to DNA strand

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σ factor sigma

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  • sequence of RNA in bacteria upstream of the terminator region which serves as a binding site for the protein known as rho factor
  • This sequence is necessary in rho-dependent termination of DNA transcription in bacteria
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Rut- Rho utilization

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Initiation Factors of Transcription in Eukaryotes

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  1. TBP
    2.TF2D, TF2A, TF2B
  2. TF2E, TF2H, TF2F
  3. RNA Pol.
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9
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cut mRNA during transcription

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CPF

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10
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how many poly As are added during tailing

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100-200 residues

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11
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section of a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific polypeptide in protein synthesis

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cistron

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mRNA that encodes several proteins and is characteristic of many bacterial and chloroplast mRNAs

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Polycistronic mRNA

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13
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highly conserved sequence in the tRNA

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CCA

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14
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Structure of tRNA

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  1. Acceptor stem
  2. D-arm
  3. anticodon
  4. Anticodon arm
  5. Variable arm
  6. T-arm
  7. Discriminator base
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15
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  • The end of a tRNA molecule to which an amino acid becomes bound
  • It contains both the 5’ and 3’ ends of the tRNA
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acceptor stem

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16
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  • recognition process is the primary purpose
  • serves as a recognition site for the enzyme aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.
17
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three-nucleotide sequence found on tRNA that binds to the corresponding mRNA sequence

18
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site of the anticodon, which is complementary to the mRNA codon and determines which amino acids are carried

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anticodon arm

19
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helps in stabilizing tRNA

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variable arm

20
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specialized region on the tRNA molecule which acts as a special recognition site for the ribosome to form a tRNA-ribosome complex during protein biosynthesis or translation

21
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natural purine nucleoside that commonly occurs in transfer RNAs in humans

22
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ribonucleoprotein particle essential for the targeting of signal peptide-bearing proteins to the prokaryotic plasma membrane or the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum membrane for secretion or membrane insertion.

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signal recognition particle (SRP)

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