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DNA replication Flashcards

1
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Pyrimidine

A

Cytosine
Uracil
Thymine

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2
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Purine

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Adenine
Guanine

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3
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Base + sugar (via glycosidic bond)

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Nucleoside

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4
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Base + Sugar + Phosphate

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Nuclotides

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5
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  • Nucleic acid synthesis: DNA/RNA
  • Energy currency of cell (ATP)
  • Second messengers in cellular communication (G-protein)
  • Ingredients of co-enzymes
  • Regulators of metabolic reactions
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Functions of nucleotides

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6
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Using ribose-1-p-lase to remove phosphate → Xanine oxidase to remove oxidase to become

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Uric acid

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7
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AMP removes phosphate → adenosine will remove nitrogens using adenosine deaminase → _______

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Becomes inosine

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8
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AMP removes phosphate → adenosine will remove nitrogens using adenosine deaminase → Becomes Inosine → Using ribose-1-p-lase to remove phosphate → Xanine oxidase to remove oxidase →

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Becomes Uric Acid

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9
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___ _____: HGPRT enzyme will convert hypoxanthine back into inosine → Adenosine → AMP

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To inhibit

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10
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Xanthine Oxidase deficiency

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Hypouricemia

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11
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HGPRTase, PRPP deficiency

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Hyperuricemia - Lesch-Nyhan syndrome/Juvenille Gout

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12
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Adenosine Deaminase deficiency

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SCID

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13
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Over expression (SCID)

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Hemolytic Anemia

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14
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Do NOT require large energy

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Pyrimidine Synthesis

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15
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Need Carbon, nitrogen, and amino acids

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Pyrimidine Synthesis

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16
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Cytosine deaminated to ______

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uracil

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17
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Uracil degraded to

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b-alanine

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18
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Folate and B12 required

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Thymidylate synthesis (dTMP)

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19
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Thymidylate synthase
B-12

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Inhibitors in cancer therapy

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20
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Involved in one carbon metabolism

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Thymidylate synthesis

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21
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Precursor to thymidylate synthesis

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dUMP

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22
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B12 used in what two forms in the body

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Methylcobalamin
5-deoxyadenosyl cobalamin

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23
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DHFR inhibitor
Thymidylate synthase inhibitor

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Chemotherapeutic agents

24
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5-fluorouracil

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Pyrimidine analog

25
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Prevent one carbon metabolism

26
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Methotrexate & aminopterin

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DHFR inhibitors

27
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Nucleobases linked by 3’ to 5’ phosphodiester bonds
Chain growth is always 5’ to 3’

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Primary structure of DNA synthesis

28
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Double stranded; anti-parallel; twists into helix
Bases base paired through hydrogen bonding (Watson-Crick bond)

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Secondary Structure

29
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Adenine to thymine (uracil)

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double bond

30
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Cytosine to Guanine

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Triple bond

31
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3’ to 5” ________ Linkage of polynucleotides

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Phosphodiester

32
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A, t, G, or C - Nitrogenous base

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Rungs of the ladder

33
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Phosphate and Sugar backbone

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Legs of ladder

34
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Bidirectional
Synthesis is semiconservative

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Characteristics of DNA strand synthesis

35
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Both strands synthesized simultaneously
Strands unwind and separate (helicase, gyrase)
RNA primer required
Strands must be rewound

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Synthesis is semiconservative

36
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5’ to 3’ so one strand is continuous (Leading strand), other strand is discontinuous (Lagging strand)

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Bidirectional

37
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Pol I
Pol II
Pol III

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3 prokaryotic polymerases for DNA synthesis

38
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replication and repair

39
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implicated and repair

40
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main processing replicative enzyme (de novo synthesis of DNA) → To make it longer

41
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unwraps and separates strands (phosphodiester bonds)

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Topoisomerase

42
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breaks the base pairing (hydrogen bonds)

43
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binds to ssDNA

44
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lays RNA primer (gives 3’-OH)

45
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synthesizes DNA

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DNA polymerase III

46
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cuts out primers and re-synthesizes DNA

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Polymerase I

47
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reseals strand nicks after Polymerase I (Okazaki fragments)

48
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(type II topoisomerase) rewraps and recoils

49
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inhibit DNA gyrase

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Quinolones

50
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Methotrexate, aminopterin, and trimethiprin

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inhibit dihydrofolate reductase

51
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Methotrexate
AZT-DNA chain terminator (no 3’ OH)
5’ fluorouracil- inhibits thymidylate synthesis

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Chemotherapeutic agents

52
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genetically active type of chromatin

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Euchromatin

53
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______ makes up chromosomes

54
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Repetitive nucleotide sequences – called _____

55
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Quiescent/senescent

56
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Interphase

Molecular Diagnostics (18 decks)

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