DNA Flashcards
- Helicase
-main unzip
-2 single strand
-breaks the hydrogen bonds between the nitrogen bases
- single-stranded binding protein
-doorstop (cant zip up)
-bind to the single strands of DNA to the single strands of DNA to prevent rezipping
- Primase
binds to the single-strand DNA and lies down RNA primers to build new complementary strands
- DNA polymerase III
-hydrogen bond
-attaches nucleotides to one end of the growing complemtey strand and builds DNA in the 5’-3’
-reads from 3’-5’
-nucleotides lose two phosphates which generate the energy for this process
PRIMASE AND POLYMERASE III
-attach to neculotides on the lagging strands in short fragments (OKASAKI)
-replication continues in one direction - (Leading strand)
- DIscontinues in the other direction with (Lagging strand)
- DNA Polymerase I
-Replaces RNA primer with DNA neculotides
- Ligase
-joins the gaps in the lagging strand by building the sugar-phosphate backbone (phosphodiester linkage)