DNA replication and repair Flashcards
During DNA replication, both strands are templates used for ….
Generating a new DNA strand
Templates are ________ to each other
Complementary
After replication, each original parent strand is paired with a newly synthesized …….
Daughter strand
What does helicase do?
unzips genes
What does topoisomerases do?
cut phosphate backbones
What does ssDNAbp
binds to nucleotide ends
What do the sliding clamp and clamp loader do?
Keep DNA polymerase on the strand
What does primase do
Makes short RNA primer to start replication
What do DNA polymerase do?
Replicates DNA
What does DNA ligase do?
Enzymes that connect a phosphate backbone
Replication is initiated where?
The origin of replication
For a piece of DNA replicated, it must contain what
an ori
Proteins bind at the ori and break hydrogen bonds, generating a short single stranded region called what
Replication bubble
The replication bubble has two replication forks where double stranded DNA will be ….
Seperated
For linear chromosomes there are single or multiple ori and replication bubbles
Multiple
Once replication bubbles are created, the single strand regions of DNA within the bubble are copied by what
DNA polymerase
Nucleotides are added based on what
base pairing
DNA polymerase forms phosphodiester bonds between what
Nucleotides
DNA polymerase can only add a nucleotide to a what
Existing chain of nucleotides
DNA polymerase can only add a nucleotide to the 3’, or 5’?
3’
How does the nucleic acid begin?
A piece of RNA is added first, then DNA builds off the RNA
The leading strand of RNA is _________ synthesized
continously
The lagging strand of RNA is ______ synthesized
discontinuously
DNA polymerase require an existing chain, so what has to be used to begin DNA synthesis
A different type of polymerase