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DNA RNA lect Flashcards

1
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refers to the single units within nucleotides

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nucleoside monophosphates

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it serves as the precursor molecule during nucleic acid synthesis within the cell

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triphosphate form

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2
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two long polynucleotide chains are coiled around central axis forming a __

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right handed double helix

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3
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x-ray diffraction data shows that the DNA is a regular helix and the repeat distance is __

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34 A*

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4
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average structure should be __

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10 base pairs

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5
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  • more base pairs refer as ___
  • fewer base pairs refer as ___
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more base pairs = overwound
fewer base pairs = underwound

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6
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denaturing agents

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formamide or urea

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7
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site of interaction with many proteins that will bind to the specific nucleotides

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binding or recognition sites

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8
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DNA molecule that exists in a very high relative humidity environment (92%)

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B-DNA

Watson-Crick DNA

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9
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how many base pairs in each turn for B-DNA and the length of one turn of helix

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10 base pairs
34A

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10
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DNA is dehydrated or under high salt conditions

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A-DNA

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11
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which is short and thicker form of DNA?

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A-DNA

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12
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how many base pairs in each turn for A-DNA and the repeat double helix

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11 base pairs
24.6 A

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13
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a left handed, longer and narrower form of DNA in which it is known to occur in nature when there is a sequence of alternating purinepyrimidine

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Z-DNA

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14
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how many base pairs in each helical turn for Z-DNA and the repeat helix

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12 base pairs
45.6 A

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15
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Z-DNA is formed under conditions of __

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high salt / presence of alcohol

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16
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DNA is duplicated __ cell division

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before cell division

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17
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a stage in the cell cycle in which the replication undergo

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S phase

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18
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structure that unwind the double helix in opposite directions

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replication fork

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19
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phase in which the replication machinery moves along the parent dna strands and forms the daughter strands

adding of nucleotides

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elongation phase

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20
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what phase does the two replication forks moving in opposite directions meet

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termination phase

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21
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sites at which single stranded DNA is exposed and at which DNA synthesis occurs

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replication forks

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22
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an enzyme that synthesize the short RNA sequences that are complementary to a single stranded piece of DNA which serves as its templates

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primase

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23
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why there is a primase?

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DNA polymerase cannot synthesize nucleotide without a based template

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24
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protein complex that serves as a processivity-promoting factor in DNA replication.

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sliding clamp (beta clamp)

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25
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these protein binds DNA polymerase and prevents this enzyme from dissociating from the template DNA strand

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sliding clamp

26
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major enzyme that is the one that polymerize the nucleic acid chain.

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DNA polymerase

27
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enzyme responsible for sealing the nick between the new strands and the synthesized by polymerase III and polymerase I.

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ligases

28
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these will proposed the semidiscontinuous replication mechanism

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okazaki fragments

29
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okazaki fragments will linked this enzyme to form the second daughter strand

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DNA ligase

30
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enzyme that harnesses the chemical energy from the ATP hydrolysis to separate the two DNA strands at the replication fork

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helicase

31
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these proteins will bind selectively to single-stranded DNA as soon as it forms

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Single-strand binding protein

32
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it allows enzymes to attach to the newly opened single strand and initiate elongation and these proteins are removed as DNA synthesis proceeds

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Single-strand binding protein

33
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essential bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the ATP-dependent negative super-coiling of double-stranded closed- circular DNA

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gyrase (topoisomerase TYPE 2)

34
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responsible for copying a short stretch of the DNA template strand to produce the RNA primer sequence

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primase

35
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bind in a complex with the DNA polymerase

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primases and alpha catalytic subunit

36
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subunits for eukaryotic primase

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  • alpha catalytic subunit
  • accessary subunit
37
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synthesizes a stretch of 10–30 nucleotides of RNA.

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polymerase-α subunit-primase complex

38
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broad class of enzymes that cleave off nucleotides one at a time from the three prime or five prime ends of DNA and RNA chains; it also functions to protect the sequence of nucleotides, which must be faithfully copied

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exonucleases

exonuclease function gives the enzyme the capacity to proofread newly synthesized DNA

39
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First polymerase enzyme to direct during the initial synthesis

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DNA polymerases III

40
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this is so called okazaki maturation process

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DNA polymerase I

41
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uses its polymerase activity to fill in the gap left by the RNA with new DNA.

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DNA polymerase I

42
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mass and number of subunits for the DNA polymerase I of E coli

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mass: 103 kDa
subunits: 1

43
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mass and number of subunits for the DNA polymerase II of E coli

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mass: 90
subunits: >4

44
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mass and number of subunits for the DNA polymerase III of E coli

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mass: 830
subunits: >10

45
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This enzyme will add nucleotides to the end of a DNA strand in the absence of hydrogen base pairing with a template. it can synthesize polynucleotide chains without a template

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terminal transferase

46
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the only dna polymerase that has 5’ - 3’ exonuclease activity

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DNA Pol I

47
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often used in vitro as a method to introduce labeled nucleotides into DNA molecules. The resulting labeled products are used for DNA detection in hybridization analyses.

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cut-and-patch nick translation

48
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responsible for the coupling of DNA replication. this is composed of DNA polymerase, sliding clamp, and clamp loader.

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replisome

49
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responsible for holding catalytic cores onto their template strands.

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sliding clamp

50
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recruiting DNA polymerase to the appropriate location on the DNA template. They localize specifically at the region where DNA synthesis needs to commence.

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clamp loader and sliding clamp

51
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associated with the clamp loader and links this polymerases-clamp loader complex to the helicase.

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Tau protein

52
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enzymes that modulate in the degree of DNA supercoiling. They can also convert one isomer of DNA to another

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topoisomerases

53
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a topoisomerase enzymes transiently cleave and reseal one strand of duplex DNA in the absence of ATP

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TP 1

54
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topoisomerase enzymes will cleave and relegate both DNA strands in the presence of ATP.

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TP 2

55
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  • TTGGGG
  • TTAGGG
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  • protozoans
  • vertebrates
56
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endonucleases that recognize specific base sequences and break or restrict the DNA polymer at the sugar-phosphate backbone

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restriction enzymes

57
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most frequently used restriction enzyme in the lab

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RE type II
- cleave the DNA directly at the binding site, producing fragments of predictable size.

58
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  • Analysis of gene rearrangements
  • Mutation detection
  • DNA recombination in vitro
  • Mapping a DNA fragment
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uses of restriction enzymes

59
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the targets for several anticancer drugs. These __ inhibitors bring about cell death by interfering with the breaking and joining activities of the enzymes, in some cases trapping unfinished and broken intermediates

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topoisomerase

59
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catalyze the addition of methyl groups to nitrogen bases, usually adenines and cytosines in DNA strands

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methylation

60
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slipped structures, cruciform, and triple-helix

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secondary structures

60
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the middle point of a temperature range where 50% of your DNA strands are denatured and the amount of denatured DNA is measured at an absorbance of __ nanometer.

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melting temperature

260 nm

61
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DNA supercoiling is the __ winding of DNA helix axis that occurs when the double helix is under or over wound.

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tertiary

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