DNA Damage Flashcards
DNA damage can be either
structural or point mutation
When DNA damage occurs
the DNA repair system recognizes and corrects the damage
If the damage is not repaired
it will create a mutation during DNA replication.
What are the factors that cause replication-mediated mutagenesis ?
Endogenous factors
Exogenous factor
Endogenous
Spontaneous
Induced
Spontaneous
- DNA polymerase proof reading failure mediated errors
- Depurination mediated errors
- Deamination mediated errors
- Tautomers mediated errors
Induced
Natural metabolism that releases reactive oxygen species
Exogenous factor
UV irradiation mediated DNA damage
Proof reading in leading and lagging strand
3’-5’ Exonuclease activity of DNA polymerase III
RNA primer gap replaced by DNA fragment
3-5’ Exonuclease activity of DNA polymerase I
When DNA polymerase fails to correct error, the system that recognizes and corrects the errors
Mismatch repair system
the mismatch repair system fails to correct the error
During replication, the uncorrected mismatched nucleotides will create a permanent mutation in the genome
Depurination
refers to the loss of purines (guanine or adenine) from a nucleotide
Depurination occurs through
A spontaneous hydrolysis reaction
How does depurination induce mutation ?
DNA polymerase skips the depurinated site during replication and create a deletion mutation.
Deamination
refers to the loss of amino group (NH2).
It occurs due to spontaneous hydrolysis
Deamination of :
Cytosine ➡️
Uracil
Deamination of :
Adenine ➡️
Hypo-xanthine
Deamination of :
Guanine ➡️
xanthine
Deamination of :
5-methylcytosine
Thymine
Loss of amino group from methyl cytosine creates Thymine. If repair system fails to repair the thymine
it creates a transition mutation (cytosine to thymine) during replication.
Pyrimidine (C) to Pyrimidine (T) change is called
transition mutation
Tautomers
are nucleotide isomers that spontaneously interconvert by a chemical reaction called tautomerization.
Thymine and guanine bases shifting a hydrogen atom
From keto to enol
Adenine and Cytosine bases,
– shifting a hydrogen atom
From amino to imino