DNA Repair (Gelinas) Flashcards
Mutations are:
- stable changes in DNA sequence
- substitutions, deletions, insertions
- can lead to phenotypic change in cell
Mutations can result from:
- replication or recombination errors
- damage by radiation (X-ray, ultraviolet, etc.)
- damage by chemicals
Mutagens:
agents that damage DNA
Carcinogens:
- mutagens that induce cells to become cancerous
The five types of mutations:
- replication errors
- damage to a single base
- bulky DNA adducts
- single-strand breaks
- double-strand breaks
Replication errors are corrected for by what pathway?
Mismatch repair (MMR)
Single base damage is corrected for by what pathway?
Base excision repair (BER)
Bulky DNA adducts are corrected for by what pathway?
Nucleotide excision repair (NER)
- Global genomic NER
- Transcription-coupled NER
Single strand breaks are corrected for by what pathway?
SSB repair
Double strand breaks are corrected for by what pathway?
DSB Repair
- non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ)
- homologous recombination
Repication error mutation characterisitics:
- mismatched nucleotides
- small insertion or deletion
- no DNA damage
- removed one-by-one
Single base damage mutation characteristics:
- single DNA base modified
- deamination, alkylation, oxidation, etc.
- damaged base removed
Bulky DNA adduct mutation characteristics:
- cause significant distortion in the helix
- induced by radiation, chemicals, etc.
- entire damaged oligomer is excised
- repair pathway depends on whether adduct is in transcriptionally active or inactive region
Single strand break mutation characteristics:
- induced by oxidative damage
- break recognized
- 3ʼ and/or 5ʼ end processing
Double strand break mutation characteristics:
- Induced by ionizing radiation, oxidizing agents, topoisomerase inhibitors, etc.
- two repair pathways
- one error prone but quick
- one non-error prone, but homology needed
In prokaryotes, strand-specificity for MMR is determined by:
- DNA-methylation
- how repair proteins determin which strand is new and which is the parent strand.
- parent strand is methylated
In eukaryotes, strand-specificity for MMR is determined by:
- presence of nicks between Okazaki fragments that have to be ligated
- new strand has Okazaki fragments, parent strand does not