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Griffith (1928)

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  • discovered transformation
  • killed pathogenic bacteria with heat and then mixed the cell remains with living bacteria of non pathogenic strain
  • some living cells became pathogenic and this trait was inherited by descendants of the transformed bacteria
  • concluded that living R bacteria had been transformed into pathogenic S bacteria by unknown, heritable substance from dead S cells
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Avery (1944)

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  • purified various types of molecules from heat-killed bacteria and tried to transform live nonpathogenic bacteria from each type
  • discovered that transformation only occurred when DNA was activated; determined transforming agent was DNA
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transformation

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change in genotype and phenotype due to assimilation of external DNA

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Chargaff (1947)

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  • discovered DNA composition varies from one species to another (molecular diversity)
  • the number of adenines approximately equaled the number of thymines; the number of guanines approximately equals the number of cytosines
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Chargaff’s rules

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  • for any given species, the number of A and T bases are equal and the number of C and G bases are equal
  • the base composition varies between species
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Hershey & Chase (1952)

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  • concluded that injected DNA of viruses into the host cell during infection functions as genetic material of phage T2 that makes the host cells produce new viral DNA and proteins, which form new viruses
  • used radioactive isotopes to label bacteriophages’ proteins and DNA to determine that phage DNA, not proteins, enter host cell
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Rosalind Franklin (1953)

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-used x-ray crystallography to confirm double-stranded helical structure of DNA

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Watson & Crick (1953)

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  • build double-helix model of DNA with nitrogenous bases facing interior and antiparallel sugar-phosphate backbone on exterior
  • base pairing of adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine through hydrogen bonds
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Meselson & Stahl (1958)

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  • cultured E. coli for several generations in a 15N medium (heavy isotope) were transferred to 14N medium (lighter isotope) for further replication
  • DNA sample centrifuged after first replication was hybrid DNA (supporting semi-conservative and dispersive model)
  • DNA sample centrifuged after second replication produced both hybrid and light DNA, supporting semi-conservative model of DNA replication
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DNA structure: nucleotide

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  • sugar (deoxyribose)
  • phosphate
  • nitrogen base (A,T,G,C)
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DNA structure: directionality

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  • based on carbon in deoxyribose (5’ is the phosphate end and 3’ is attached to the OH)
  • strands are antiparallel
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DNA structure: double helix

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– Sugar and phosphate connected by covalent bonds to create the backbone
– Nitrogen bases connected by hydrogen bonds in the middle
– Van der Waal interactions help hold the stacked nitrogen bases together

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DNA structure: base pairing

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• Purines contain two rings
–Adenine & Guanine
• Pyrimidines contain one ring
– Cytosine & Thymine
• To keep a consistent size in the diameter of the double helix purines must bond with pyrimidine 
–Adenine with Thymine
– Cytosine with Guanine
• These bases are held together by hydrogen bonds
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DNA replication: semiconservative replication

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the basic model outlined by Watson & Crick, later shown to be correct by Meselson & Stahl

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DNA replication: origins of replication

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• Replication occurs at multiple specific sites
• Replication will occur from both directions from this point
• Each side will have a
replication fork where the new strands are actively being synthesized

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DNA Polymerase

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adds nucleoside triphosphate:
– The 3 phosphates provide energy to add the nucleotide to the growing polymer
– Two phosphate groups will be removed

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DNA Replication: order of enzymes

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  1. helicase
  2. primase
  3. DNA polymerase III
  4. DNA polymerase I
  5. DNA ligase
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DNA Replication: helicase

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unwind the double helix at the replication fork & separates the two parental strands by breaking the hydrogen bond between nitrogen bases
-no directionality

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topoisomerase

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alleviates extra strain on the DNA strands around the replication fork caused by unwinding DNA by helicase

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Single-strand binding proteins

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bind to the separated DNA strands & stabilize them as replication occurs

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DNA Replication: Primase

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creates a primer made of 5-10 RNA nucleotides that are complementary to the DNA strand
– This step is necessary because DNA polymerase cannot initiate a new strand, but only add nucleotides to an existing one
– moves from 5’ to 3’ direction, adding RNA nucleotides to the 3’ side of the new antiparallel and complementary strand

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DNA Replication: DNA polymerase III (aka: DNA pol III)

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add new DNA nucleotides to the 3’ side of the newly synthesized strand until it reaches the next primer
– This will follow normal base pairing rules
– Only one primer is needed for the leading strand, but multiples are needed for the lagging strands creating Okazaki fragments

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DNA Replication: DNA polymerase I (aka: DNA pol I)

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replace the RNA primers with the correct DNA nucleotides
– Only adds to the 3’ end
– It cannot join the last DNA nucleotide in the replacement to the existing DNA strand

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DNA Replication: DNA ligase

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join the sugar-phosphate
backbone linking together gaps between the replaced primers & newly created DNA strand
– Links together the Okazaki fragments in the
lagging strand

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Antiparallel Elongation

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DNA polymerase can only move in the 5’ to 3’
direction adding new nucleotides to the 3’ side of
the molecule

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leading strand

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DNA polymerase moves in the same direction of

helicase

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lagging strand

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DNA polymerase moves in the opposite direction of
helicase
- requires multiple DNA polymerase enzymes resulting in the creation of Okazaki fragments

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Proofreading & Repairing

DNA

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• Errors occur one in 100,000 bases
• Luckily, DNA polymerase is also a proofreader and makes corrections as it goes dropping the number to one in 10 billion
– The incorrect nucleotide is removed and the correct one is bond into place
• Mismatches can sneak by polymerase & DNA can be damaged
– Special enzymes do mismatch repair

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DNA Errors

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• DNA is damaged frequently
– Mutagens (ex. Reactive chemical, radioactivity, xrays, uv light, etc) constantly harm DNA
– Spontaneous chemical changes within the cell also cause changes
• Therefore, DNA is constantly monitored & repaired
– 130 different repair enzymes have been found in humans
– Corrections are typically done by nucleotide excision repair

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Nucleotide

Excision Repair

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  1. A mistake is present within a DNA strand
  2. Nuclease (an enzyme)will remove the damaged section
  3. DNA polymerase replaces the missing nucleotides
  4. DNA ligase seals the ends together
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Telomeres

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• Linear chromosomes are constantly being shortened on the 5’ end bc DNA pol I removes, but cannot replace RNA primer bc there is no 3’ end from DNA nucleotide sequence
– This may help prevent cancer by limiting cell divisions
• As protection chromosomes have telomeres (repetitious sections of nucleotides that do not code for genes) that are removed rather than genes
– linked to aging
– Shortening is solved in germ cells by telomerase

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