FOM 5.1.1 Flashcards

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What class of human genomic DNA will have the least amount of UV-induced damage after a day at the beach? Why?

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Exons b/c it makes up the smallest portion of DNA.

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What is the clinical presentation of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)?

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Progressive, asymmetric weakness of upper extremities. (Scapular winging)

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Unaffected people have 100 repeats near the end of a telomere, whereas people with FSHD have 1-10 repeats. What’s the most common chromatin status of repeats? Losing repeats can lead to what?

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Heterochromatin. Loss of repeats can lead to decreased recognition by methylation machinery, which could lead to increased expression of nearby genes.

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What are LINEs? What is their common function?

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Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements. They are transposons that move around via RNA intermediates (retrotransposons)

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SINEs are also know as ____

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Alu repeats

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What is different about SINEs compared to LINEs?

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They’re shorter and inactive, but movement can be facilitated by nearby transposons.

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What process converts an RNA transcript of LINE back into DNA?

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Reverse transcription, which leads to re-integration

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In study of overall survival, they analyzed methylation status compared to life expectancy. Did high or low methylation lead to increased survival?

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High methylation led to increased survival (lower odds of dying)

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When analyzing tumor stages, as the diseases progresses through the staging what are the corresponding methylation rates of LINE-1 and SINEs?

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LINE-1 methylation decreased as stages increase. SINE (Alu) methylation was unchanged.

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In familial hypercholesterolinemia (FH), what is elevated in the serum due to mutations in the receptor gene? Where is this deposited in the body?

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LDL cholesterol. This gives rise to frequent tendon xanthomas along w/ accelerated atherosclerosis.

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Look at the sequence in the picture. What is a possible outcome of cross over recombination?

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See attached. This is because of the similarity of the Alu repeats found in the introns of the protein

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How might we be able to activate histone acetylation? What would be the net effect?

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Inhibit histone deacetylase (HDAT). The net effect would be opening up the DNA allowing for increased gene expression

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What is genetic mosaicism? What are two potential origins of this condition?

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The presence of multiple genomes. Two possibilities: mutation early in embryo development or fusion of multiple zygotes.

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What does chromatin structure affect?

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Gene expression

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How much of the genome is repetitive sequences?

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~1/2 (transposons, HERVs)

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What is the most common form of the DNA Double Helix?

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“B” double helix

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How many BPs are in the human genome? Coding genes?

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3.2X10^9 bp, 20,296 coding genes

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Euchromatin vs. Heterochromation.

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Eu: light staining, gene rich, actively expressed, referred to as “open” Hetero: dark staining, much is repetitive, gene free, highly compact

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What is the difference b/t constitutive and facultative?

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Constitutive: repeats, telomeres, centromeres Facultative: developmentally silenced genes

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Where is DNA most readily methylated, accounts for ~70% of methylation?

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5’-CpG pairs methylated on carbon-5

21
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Is DNA methylation more or less reversible than histone methylation?

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DNA methylation is less reversible (long-term modification). Can be done but it’s cumbersome.

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What is the higher order of chromatin organization?

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What are the components of the histone octamer? What is the linker histone?

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2 of H2A, H2B, H3, H4 Linker: Histone H1

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What are two AA’s highly present in histones?

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Lysine and Arginine, highly basic

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What are the effects of acetylation and methylation on histones?
Acetylation (Lys): looser, pro-txn Methylation (Lys or Arg): depends
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How are histone modifications different than DNA modifications?
More dynamic
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What is epigenetics?
Classically refers to info in DNA not based on sequence but still inherited. Examples: histone modifications, DNA methylation, and microRNA
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What is the difference b/t interspersed repeats and tandem repeats?
Interspersed: spread out on same or different chromosome Tandem: repeats occur next to eachother
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What are the 4 main types of repeats?
LINEs, SINEs, HERVs (Human Endogenous Retroviruses), DNA Transposon Fossils
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Name the 3 types of Tandem repeats and location.
Satellite DNA (centromere), Minisatellite DNA (telomere), Microsatellite DNA (DNA fingerprint)
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How many nucleotides per turn in most common form of DNA double helix?
10
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Where does acetylation occur on histone proteins?
N-terminus