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two types of transcription factors

  • ___________: required for binding RNA pol to core promoter
  • ____________: affect rate of gene transcription, 2-3% of humans encode regulatory factors
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general

regulatory

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transcription factors:

-proteins affecting _______ _________ (gene transcription)

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RNA polymerase

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regulatory transcription factors:

typically recognize ___-_____ DNA elements, which are control/regulatory elements

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cis-acting

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regulatory factors bind to regulatory elements
-___________: protein that enhances transcription
_____________: DNA seq. that activator binds
-__________: protein that inhibits transcription
__________: DNA seq. the repressor binds to

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activator, enhancer

repressor, silencer

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most eukaryotic genes are regulated by several factors:

  • ___________/___________ transcription initiation
  • factors modulated (_________ molecules, protein-protein ____________, and __________ mods)
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stimulate/inhibit

effector molecules, protein-protein interactions, and covalent mods

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alter composition of nucleosomes near promoter

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combinational control

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most eukaryotic genes are regulated by several factors:
-______________ can inhibit transcription
prevent binding of __________
recruit proteins that compact __________

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methylation
activator
chromatin

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structural features of regulatory transcription factors

-________: regions of protein with a function

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domain

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dominant feature of regulatory factors

why? bc it fits into major groove of DNA helix, recognized base sequences, and hydrogen bonding occurs

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alpha helix

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features such a Leucine Zipper Facilitate, the joining of two proteins

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protein Dimerization (homo- and hetero-)

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transcription factors that recognize regulatory elements:
-_____&______ regulation of transcription
-location of regulatory elements ________ ________
up to 100,000 bp upstream of core _________
can be downstream of core _______ in introns

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up and down
highly variable
promotor
promotor

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how do transcription factors affect RNA polymerase II?

  • interact with proteins that interact with ____ ____________
  • ________ & _________ (communicate effects of reg trans factors)
  • TFIID (general transcription factor, binds to _______ box, required to recruit RNA pol II to the ____________)
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  • RNA polymerase II
  • TFIID and mediator
  • TATA, promotor
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protein complex that mediates RNA pol II and reg transcription factors

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mediator

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_________ affect gene transcription

  • synthesized by ___________ ______
  • transported in ______ ________
  • cells take up _________
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steroids
endocrine glands
blood stream
steroids

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regulation transc factor that binds to steroids

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steroid receptor

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  • glucose sysnthesis
  • breakdown of protines
  • mobilization of fats
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unlike steroids, most signaling molecules bind to receptors in the plasma membrane
-triggers ____________ signal

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covalent modification with CREB protein

intracellular

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covalent modification with CREB protein:

  • cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB)
  • reg transc factor
  • signaling by _________ in cAMP (cyclic adenosine monophosphate)
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increasing

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chromatin remodeling:
-changing the structure of chromatin can affect ___________
closed conformation= more compaction, transcription difficult
open conformation

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transcription

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chromatin remodeling:
Chromatin remodeling complexes
-all have _________ ________(ATP dependent chromatin remodeling)
-similar to DNA _____________(motor proteins that move along DNA)

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ATPase subunit

translocases

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__________ variants modify structure of chromatin

-affect transcription

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histone

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  • amino-terminal tail is variable, has different amino acids

- the charge of the tail can affect binding to proteins or DNA

A

histone code

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eukaryotic genes are flanked by ___________ free regions.

  • NFR~ 150bp
  • flanked by specific -1 & +1 ____________
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nucleosome

nucleosomes

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activation of transcription requires modifications to _______________

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nucleosomes

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many genes are flanked by nucleosome-free regions (NFR) and well-positioned nucleosomes.

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silent

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activation of transcription:
activator proteins bind to enhancer seq. the enhancers may be close to the transcriptional start site or they be far away

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  1. binding of activators
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activation of transcription:
activator proteins recruit chromatin remodeling complexes such as SWI/SNF, and histone modifying enzymes. nucleosomes may be moved, and histones may be evicted. some histones are subjected to covalent modification, such as acetylation.

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  1. chromatin remodeling and histone modification
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activation of transcription:
general transcription factors and RNA polymerase II are able to bind to the core promotor and form a pre-initiation complex.

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  1. formation of the pre initiation complex
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activation of transcription:
during _________, histones ahead of the open complex are covalently modified by acetylation and evicted or partially displaced. behind the open complex, histones are deacetylated and become tightly bound to the DNA.

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  1. elongation
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__________ is rare in inverts, common in vetebrates.

-________% of mammalian DNA

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methylation

2-7

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CpG islands near promotor

  • C & G connected by Phosphodiester linkage
  • 1000-2000bp
  • methylation inhibits transcription
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transcriptional regulation via DNA methylation

-inhibits transcription

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methylation affects transcription in __ ways:

-methylation of CpG islands may ________ or _______ binding or reg transcription factors

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2

enhance, suppress

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methylation affects transcription in 2 ways:

methyl-CpG-binding proteins bind to methylated CpG islands and recruit other _________ ________

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inhibitor proteins

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methylation is inherited during ______ ________, de novo methylation

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cell division

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  • functions as a boundary btween two genes
  • acts as barrier to chromatin changes
  • blocks effects of neighboring enhancers
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insulators

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insulators may promote the formation of ________

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loops

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5 methods of gene regulation

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control transcription
processing of pre-mRNA
RNA stability
RNA interference
control translation
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results in different polypeptide products from same gene

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alternate splicing of pre-mRNA

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alternative splicing:

  • results in diff polypeptide products from _____ gene.
  • enables mRNA and ________ __________
  • prominence varies by ________ (yeast:
A

same
polypeptide variants
species

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regulate alt splicing

-what is the factor?

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splicing factors

-modulate the spliceosome (repression-exon skipping)

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regulate alt splicing

-whats the factor?

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splicing factors

-modulate the spliceosome (enhancement)

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  • minutes to months
  • stability can be regulated
  • poly A tails important to stability (avg 200 nucleosides long)
  • poly A binding protein enhancers stability (mRNA rapidly degrade after poly A tail ____________ to 10-30 nucleosides)
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mRNA stability varies widely

decreases

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mRNA destabilizing agents:
_______________ ( )- located in 3’ untranslated region (3’-URT)
-proteins bind, enhancing _____________

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AU rich Element (ARE)

degredation

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RNA interference:

  • ___________ (______): 21-23 nucleosides, partially complimentary to mRNA, silence translocation, encoded by 200 genes in humans
  • ______-___________ _____ (_______): 21-23 nucleosides, perfect match to mRNA, silence translation due to mRNA degredation
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microRNAs (miRNAs)

short-interfering RNAs (siRNAs)

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