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Gene Expression: Transcription- lecture #19 Flashcards

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DNA –> mRNA is what?

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transcription

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mRNA –> protein is what?

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translation

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what is the central dogma of biology?

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DNA –> mRNA –> protein
descriptor of transcription and translation

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what contains information for the amino acid sequence?

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genes

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are all proteins enzymes?

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no, there are diverse functions

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one gene can be transcribed into RNA but RNA is not always used to produce protein, why?

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RNA thats made can be a dead end/ functional RNA they stop after making RNA cause they only have one job with RNA

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what is functional RNA?

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rRNA, tRNA

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what do many proteins consist of?

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many polypeptide subunits

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what are polypeptide subunits?

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peptide units assembled into protein normally in the quaternary structure
the different structures (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary)

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what is an example of a peptide subunit?

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hemoglobin

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how can one gene be used to produce closely related polypeptides?

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via alternative splicing

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overall what forms RNA in transcription?

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DNA template strand of a gene forms RNA

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what separates the two DNA strands in transcription?

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RNA polymerase

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while separating the DNA strands what does RNA polymerase also do? what does it form?

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covalently joins nucleotides to one another according to the DNA template forming phosphodiester bonds

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what sequence is complementary to the DNA template?

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RNA sequence

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RNA polymerase can only join nucleotides in what direction? (3’ to 5’) or (5’ to 3’)

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5’ to 3’

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what is a primer?

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RNA

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transcription begins at sites on the DNA template called what?

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promotors

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how does the promotor get initiated?

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RNA polymerase attaches and initiates transcription

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what ends the transcription in prokaryotes?

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terminator sequences
(more complex in eukaryotes because they’re more complicated)

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why do we need a terminator in transcription?

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or else you’ll create too much information that is not relevant to the protein you want to make
(don’t want to waste energy for no reason!)

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what does upstream refer to?

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regions before the gene

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what does downstream refer to?

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regions after the gene

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are promoter sequences located upstream or downstream?

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always upstream

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what is the transcription unit?
the stretch of DNA that is transcribed (before the gene)
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how many RNA polymerase do prokaryotes have?
one
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how many RNA polymerase do eukaryotes have?
more than one
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what assembles mRNA (protein)?
RNA polymerase II
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what do RNA polymerase I and III assemble?
RNA that will not be made into protein
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what are the 3 stages of transcription?
initiation elongation termination
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what contains the transcription start point?
promoter region upstream of the gene
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what does the promoter extend upstream from the transcriptional start point?
several dozen nucleotides
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why does RNA polymerase bind at such a precise location on the promoter?
if its not in the right location you will miss/lose information
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what determines where transcription begins and which of the two strands will serve as a template?
RNA polymerase orientation on the promoter
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in prokaryotes RNA polymerase binds to what directly?
the promoter, doesn't need help
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what factors mediate the binding of RNA polymerase at the beginning of transcription?
transcription factors
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when does RNA polymerase II bind?
once transcription factors are in position on the promoter
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what is the process of RNA polymerase called?
transcription initiation complex
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what is a TATA box?
series of 4 nucleotides important in forming the initiation complex
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Once the RNA polymerase binds what happens?
DNA unwinds and transcription begins
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what happens during elongation?
RNA polymerase keeps moving along the DNA template untwisting the sequence
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how many DNA nucleotides of the template are exposed at a time in elongation?
10-20 DNA nucleotides
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why does elongation not expose the whole gene at once?
too disorganized
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why does elongation not expose the whole gene at once?
too disorganized
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elongation adds nucleotides at what end of the growing RNA segment?
3' end
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what does newly synthesized RNA do?
peels away from the DNA template
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what happens when the RNA peels away from the DNA template?
double helix reforms
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how many nucleotides per second are transcribed in eukaryotes?
40 nucleotides per second
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why do many RNA polymerase enzymes work on a DNA template at once?
increases the number of mRNA transcripts produced increases the amount of protein produced
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how does termination occur in prokaryotes?
occurs via a terminator sequence in DNA (causes the polymerase to detach once it has been transcribed)
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how does termination occur in eukaryotes?
RNA polymerase II transcribes a polyadenylation signal on the DNA template (AAAAAA)
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where does termination occur in eukaryotes?
pre-mRNA (immature/incomplete mRNA)
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when do proteins will cut the mRNA free from the polymerase after how many nucleotides?
10-35 nucleotides after the transcription of this sequence
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when does further processing occur after the mRNA is cut?
after the pre-mRNA is released (processed further to become mature mRNA then become protein)
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where is pre-mRNA made and modified?
eukaryotic nucleus
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RNA processing modifies what?
5' end and the 3' end interior of the mRNA molecule
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what does splicing do?
removes internal segments of the mRNA
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what happens to the remaining segments of mRNA do?
they're joined together
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what does the 5' end of the mRNA transcript recieve?
5' cap guanine nucleotide= 5' cap
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what does the 3' end of the mRNA transcript recieve?
poly-adenine tail
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how many adenine nucleotides will be added to the 3' end?
50-250 adenine nucleotides
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new mRNA (mature) is exported from the nucleus and used for what?
used in the cytoplasm for translation
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what is apart of the coding section?
mRNA
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what do modifications do? (2)
prevent cytoplasmic degradation of the mRNA allow the ribosome to recognize the mRNA segment and attach
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why do we put all these extra groups (modifications) into the mRNA?
because RNA viruses can infect the cell, modifications allow us to self identify RNA
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what are untranslated regions (UTR)?
mRNA contains 5'/3' UTRs UTR: they are not translated into protein
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what do untranslated regions do?
assist ribosome binding
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what does RNA splicing do?
removes large chunks of mRNA in the nucleus (before export to cytoplasm)
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how many nucleotides are inthe mRNA primary transcript (pre-mRNA)
~27,000
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how many nucleotides are in the final mRNA (mature RNA)?
1200 nucleotides
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the coding segment gets translated into protein, if the coding segment has 1200 nucleotides how many amino acids will be in the protein product?
1200/3 = 400 amino acids
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what are introns?
long non-coding stretches of mRNA that are removed from the primary transcript
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what are exons?
interspersed between the coding segments they stay in the final mRNA eventually translated into protein
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what does RNA polymerase II do?
transcribes the entire DNA gene into pre-mRNA
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when do introns get removed?
prior to cytoplasmic export
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what is joined together to form the continuous mRNA sequence?
exons
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what happens to released introns?
readily degraded
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what dictates splicing?
short nucleotide sequences at the start of each intron
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what are snRNPs and what do they do?
small nuclear ribonucleoproteins Recognize the splice sites in pre-mRNA
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what are snRNPs comprised of?
small nuclear RNA (snRNA) and proteins snRNA ~150 nucleotides + protein
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where are snRNPs located?
eukaryotic nucleus
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what is a splicesome?
snRNPs come together with different proteins forming a splicesome
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what do snRNAs do?
catalyze intron removal and are important in recognition of splice sites
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what are ribozomes?
RNA with enzyme function *enzymes are normally proteins, this is an exception*
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what does intron RNA do?
acts to catalyze its own removal does not require protein
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according to sequence complementarity what can ssRNA do?
fold back on itself which provides necessary 3D structure
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why is it important for ssRNA to fold back on itself?
forms catalytic activity
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what is used in catalysis?
certain RNA bases are specifically used
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what does hydrogen bonding ability of RNA do?
allows the molecule to recognize and attach to active site
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RNA of spliceosome and RNA of the transcript are what to each other?
complementary to one another
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what does 1 gene allow for?
2 or more polypeptides
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what is alternative splicing?
removal of different exons creates protein variants
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are introns always removed?
yes
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why is alternative splicing highly efficient?
allows us to have fewer genes (simplified genome) than we would otherwise require in our genome
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the number of proteins that we can produce far outnumbers what?
the number of genes that we encode
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what is alternative splicing likely responsible for?
the various domains of a particular protein
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what are domains?
different axons give us different domains *look at pic on brainscape folder (domains)*

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