final exam Flashcards
relationship between properties of lipids and their structure
-made of c h and o
-fatty acid are more solid the longer their carbon chain is
-saturated fats acid have max h on all c and unsaturated don’t
-non polar molecules so makes them water insoluble except phospholipids that have dual solubility as they have a polar head so hydrophilic and non polar hydrophobic tails
-steroids are lipid hormones that can diffuse through the cell membrane
relationship between properties of carbohydrates and their structure
-c h and o in 1;2:1 ratio
-polar molecules so highly soluble;e in water
-polysaccahrides of monosaccharides linked by dehydration synthesis reaction
major fuel substances
carbohydrates and fats as well as protein if others are low provide chemical energy for cellular activity
relationship between properties of proteins and their structure
-polymers of amino acids
-link between each amino acid is a peptide bond between nh2 and cooh by dehydration synthesis
-chain of amino acid=polypeptide
-protein=folded polypeptide
-amino acids are made of a central carbon linked to an r chain, a cooh, a h, and an nh2
-4 types of amino acids; non polar, uncharged polar, negatively charged acidic and positively charged basic
relationship between properties of nucleic acids and their structure
-polymers of nucleotides
-nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base made with carbon rings and n atoms, a five carbon ring shaped sugar and 1 to 3 phosphate groups all linked through covalent bonds
-backbone of a nucleic acid is made by the bridging phosphate group between carbon of one sugar and carbon of the next between dna and rna
cellulose and chitin function
rigidity and support (beta linkage)
function glycogen and starch
fuel storage (alpha linkage)
bacteria and archea similarities
-dna is a single circular molecule (prokaryotic chromosome)
-no cytoplasmic organnelles
-cytoplasm more viscous as reactions are carried out in cytoplasmic solution and plasma membrane so lots of macromol there
-contain plasmids (small dna circles)
-genes arranged in operons
-no nuclear envelope
bacteria archea eukarya similarity
-have ribosomes
bacteria
-phospholipid cell membrane (flexible)
-peptidoglycan cell wall (rigid) (polymer of sugars and amino acids)
-bacteria probably first organism on earth
-shape is most important classification criteria
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archea
-extremophiles
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eukarya and archea
-both have histones
-no peptidoglycan
-multiple types of rna polymerase
-have methionine as first amino a of each protein
eukarya
-separate dna and cytoplasm with nuclear envelope
-have membrane bound components (organelles) with specialized functions
-protists, fungi, plants, animals
protists
-chemoheterotrophs (take energy from chem bonds between molecules and obtain carbon from org mol produced by other organisms)
-photoautotrophs (produce org molecules for themselves by photosynthesis)
-membrane bound nucleus and multiple linear chromosomes
fungi
-chitin made cell wall
-can do symbiose and associate with like plant and make micorrizhas
-heterotrophs (get carbon by decomposing org matter) if the decomposed material is living the fungi is symbiont and if its nonliving its sapotroph
-fungi release antibacterial compounds so that there is no competition for the enzymes it releases into its substrate
animalia
-eukaryotic multicellular organisms
-dont have cell wall so cell membranes of adjacent cells are in direct contact with one another
-heterotrophs (depend on other life forms to survive)
-use oxygen to metabolize food
-animals are motible
reproduce sexually or asexually
-sit at top of food chains
-chemoheterotrophs (energy from chem sources and their carbon from org compounds)
plantae
-use chlorophyll to do photosynthesis
-cell walls made of cellulose
-multicellular
-sessile or stationnary
-alternation of generations life cycles
-diploid and haploid stage
-photoautotrophs
bottom of food chains and primary producers
base pairs from dna to rna
a to u
t to a
c to g
g to c
different types of snp
base sub
frameshift mutations
missence mutations
base sub
alters identity one amino acid
does not change reading frame
moderate to deleterious effects on the protein
nonsense mutation
base sub
generates early stop codon
protein is truncated
severe effects on protein function
silent mutation
base sub
generates no change
protein identical so no effect
frameshift mutations
insertion or deletion
changes the reading frame as a premature stop codon will be produced
types lcr
deletions
inversions
translocation
duplications
deletion
-occurs if segment broken and lost from chromo
-may cause severe problems if the missing segment contains genes that are essential for normal development or cellular function
duplication
-occurs if a segment is broken from a chromo and added to the homologous chromo of the pair
-effects vary from beneficial to harmful depending on the alleles and genes in broken segment
translocation
-a segment breaks from a chromo and reattaches on another non homologous
inversion
-occurs if a broken segment attaches on the same chromosome but in reverse orientation
start codon on mRNA
AUG
first step transcription
initiation
transcription factors bind to TATA box in promoter and recruit RNA polymerase II that will initiate transcription
second step transcription
elongation
rna polymerase 2 unwinds the dna strands and adds new complementary base pairs to the newly formed mrna strand
last third step transcription
termination
rna polymerase is released and the dna rewinds
differences in transcription in prokaryotes and in eukaryotes
-proka: no transcription factors, rna polymerase binds directly to promoter to start transcription
-proka: no need for mRNA processing, its ready to be translated
-termination in proka is done either by mrna binding on itself forming a hairpin and releasing the polymerase or by a protein factor terminating transcription
rna polymerase 1
transcribes dna into rrna
rna polymerase ii
enzme used to transcribe protein coding genes
dna to mrna
rna polymerase iii
enzyme used to transcribe dna into trna and rrna
rrna
composes the ribosomes
trna
what brings the amino acid to the ribosomes
transcription
from 3’ to 5’ dna to 5’ to 3’ mrna
translation
5’ to 3’ mrna to protein starting by N and ending by c
role ribosome
facilitate the interaction between mRNA and Trna and hold the growing mRNA
what happens inside the ribosome
1 trna molecule bringing the amino acid that matches the codon on mrna enters the ribosome in A site
2 the amino acid is transferred to the growing polypeptide chain in the p site
3 once the transfer is complete the ribosome moves along the mrna while the trna exists through the e site
first step translation
initiation
-a specialized methionine bound to a gtp initiates translation
-the ribosomes scans mrna to find start codon and establish. correct reading frame
second step translation
elongation
what happens through ribosome is elongation
third step translation
termination
when ribosomes finds stop codon, there is a release factor that releases polypeptide
polysome
complex of multiple ribosomes that makes for a faster translation
PolyA tail
-post transcriptional and translational control
-The polyA tail prevents the degradation of mRNA when it enters the cytoplasm.
-The length of the polyA tail will modulate the translation rate of the mRNA. A polyA tail contains between 50 and 250 adenine nucleotides. The longer the polyA tail, the higher the translation rate.
5’ cap
The addition of a 5’ cap prevents the degradation of mRNA when it travels to the cytoplasm.
dna methylation
-transcr control
Adding methyl groups on the cytosine nucleotides of the promoter prevents transcription factors from binding to the promoter and thus prevents RNA polymerase from initiating transcription.
histone tail acetylation
-transc control
- Acetylating histone tails enables RNA polymerase to circulate on the mRNA molecule, which is impossible to do when the histone tails are not acetylated.
chromatin remodelling
trancr control
Chromatin can be remodeled to make the promoter accessible to transcription factors and activators, increasing the transcription rate.
Splicing
post transcr control
By removing the introns from the mRNA, a complete and continuous open reading frame is produced, ready for the ribosome to translate. Splicing is performed by the spliceosome, a multiprotein complex containing snRNPs designed to interact with the splice sites of mRNA polymers.
mechanisms of microevolution
mutation
gene flow
genetic drift
natural selection
non random mating
mutations u4
-spontaneous and heritable change in DNA
-rare, even more rare are new mutations
-classified based on the effect they have on an organism’s fitness
-have an effect on the long term as they are transferred to offsprings
types of mutations
-harmful; alter individual’s structure, behaviour or function in harmful way
-lethal; great harm to organism
-neutral; doesn’t harm or benefit organism
-advantageous
non random mating
selection of a mate as certain phenotypes are preferred.
if one phenotype preferred by MOST than nonrandom
sexual selection occurs when pop is healty, it creates extreme phenotypes
-inbreeding: genetically related individuals breeding
-self fertilization: extreme inbreeding as 1 individual’s gametes are used
gene flow
-organism immigrating to another population and reproducing creates gene flow
genetic drift
-causes allele frequencies of a pop to change unpredictably
-individuals/alleles survive and reproduce by chance and not fitness
-bottleneck effect: kills off large part pop and greatly reduces genetic variation
-founder effect: when few individuals colonize region, they bring only few alleles
natural selection
-process by which advantageous traits become more frequent in later generations
-some organisms might die and not pass on their alleles as they are not fit to survive
how does genetic drift contrasts with natural selection in terms of allele frequencies
natural selection chooses alleles that are advantageous for following generations, they make the org better fit to survive whereas genetic drift can negatively affect the following generations as it might not choose the best alleles