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DNA repair Flashcards

1
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What is depurination?

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  • Loss of urine bases (adenine and guanine)

- Occurs spontaneously thousands of times per day

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2
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what nucleotide is most commonly affected by deamination (loss of amine group)?

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Cytosine

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3
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What does cytidine become after deamination?

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Uracil

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4
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What do free radiacls or radation damage on the nucleotide?

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Base rings

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5
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What are possible damage will free radicals so to the base rings?

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  • Oxidative damage
  • Methylation
  • Hydrolysis
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6
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What are the single strand repair mechanisms?

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  • Base excision
  • NT excision
  • Mismatch repair
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7
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What are the double strand repair mechanisms?

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  • Homologous end joining

- Non-homologous end joining

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8
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What is the pathway for damaged DNA repair called?

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Base excision repair

- Recognises specific base errors

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9
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What is the function of a DNA glycosylase?

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Remove damaged bases

- Creates a baseless NT

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10
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What can a baseless NT be known as?

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  • Apurinic or apyrimidic
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What is the function of an AP endonuclease?

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  • Recognises NTs w/o a base
  • Attacks 5’ phosphate end of DNA strand
  • Nicks damaged DNA upstream of AP site
  • Create a 3’-OH end adjacent to the AP site
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12
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What is the function of an AP lyase?

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  • Some DNA glycosylases also possess AP lyase activity

- Attack the 3’ hydroxyl end of ribose sugar

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13
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What end of the sugar does AP endonuclease attack?

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5’ end

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14
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What end of the sugar does AP lyase attack?

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3’ end

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15
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What are the 5 enzymes involved in base excision repair?

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  • DNA glycosylase
  • AP endonuclease
  • AP lyase
  • DNA polymerase
  • DNA ligase
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16
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What kind of DNA damage does nucleotide excision repair remove?

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Bulky DNA damage

  • Multiple bases
  • Often pyramidine dimers
  • Commonly caused by UV radiation
17
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When does nucleotide excision repair occur?

A

G1 phase (prior to DNA synthesis)

18
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What enzymes remove multiple nucleotides in nucleotide excision repair?

A

Endonucleases

19
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What strange link can UV light cause in the DNA?

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Pyramidine dimer

20
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What skin condition is caused by defective nucleotide excision repair?

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Xeroderma Pigmentosum

21
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What does Xeroderma Pigmentosum increase the risk of?

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Skin cancer

22
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What does mismatch repair recognise?

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  • Incorrectly plased bases/NTs
  • Not damaged DNA
  • Occurs when proofreading misses errors
  • Newly synthesised strand compared to template
  • NT errors removed and resealed
23
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When does Mismatch repair occur?

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S/G2 phase (after DNA synthesis)

24
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What is mismatch repair important for maintaining?

A

Microsatelite stability

  • DNA repeating segments
  • Repairs DNA slippage
25
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What is HNPCC (Lynch syndrome) due to a mutation in?

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Germline mutation of DNA mismatch repair genes -> microsatellite instability
- 90% - MLH1 and MSH2 mutations

26
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What is double strand damage commonly due to?

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Exogenous damage

  • Ionising radiation
  • Radiation therapy
27
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What does Homologous end joining use as a template to repair double strand breakage?

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Sister chromosome template

28
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What enzymes does non-homologous end joining use to re-join broken ends of DNA?

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  • DNA pol gamma and mu re-extends ends of broken DNA

- Many other enzymes

29
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Why is non-homologous end-joining more error-prone?

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No template used (non-homologous)

30
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What type of enzymes are thought to cause Fanconi anemia?

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DNA repair enzymes

  • Hypersensitivity to DNA damage
  • Cells vulnerable to DNA strand cross-links
  • Also impaired Non-homologous end-joining
31
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What is fanconi anemia?

A

Inherited aplastic anemia

- More than 13 genetic abnormaloties identified

32
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What process is defective in ataxia telangiectasia?

A

Defective Nonhomologous end joining defective

33
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What gene is defective in ataxia telangiectasia?

Where is it located?

A

ATM gene on chromosome 11

34
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What type of radiation are those with ataxia telangiectasia vulnerable to?

A

Ionising

35
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What systems are affected in ataxia telangiectasia?

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  • CNS
  • Skin
  • Immune system
36
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What are the symptoms of ataxia telangiectasia?

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  • Healthy for 1st year
  • Walking at normal age but slow development
  • Motor coordination gets worse and by 10 years old most in wheelchairs
  • Recurrent sinus/resp infections
  • Telangiectasia (skin)
  • High risk of cancer

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