Kaplan Biochem Ch 4 Flashcards
stop codon
- UGA (U Go Away)
- UAA (U Are Away)
- UAG (U Are Gone)
start codon; what does it code for?
AUG; codes for methionine
- protein synthesis starts with methionine in eukaryotes and fmet (formylmethionine) in prokaryotes
- therefore the first AA at the amino end (N end) is always Met
How many codons are there?
There are 64 codons, 61 code for AA; so there are 61 tRNAs
most common inherited form of mental retardation
fragile X
Diseases caused by trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
- myotonic dystrophy
- spinobulbar myotonic atrophy aka kennedy syndrome
- Friedrich’s ataxia
A transition mutation
- a point mutation that replaces a purine-pyrimidine base pair with a different purine-pyrimidine base pair.
- ex) an A-T base pair becomes a G-C base pair
silent mutation and effect on protein
- new codon specifies the same amino acid –> no effect on protein
- silent mutation usually in 3rd position: “Wobble effect”
- if you mutate the 3rd nucleic acid in a codon it’s usually a silent mutation
missense mutation and effect on protein and examples
- new codon specifies different amino acid
- effect on protein: possible decrease in function of protein; variable effects
- ex) sickle cell, PKU, Becker’s MD
a transversion mutation
- a point mutation that replaces a purine-pyrimidine base pair with a pyrimidine-purine base pair
- ex) an A-T base pair becomes a T-A or C-G base pair
Nonsense mutation and effect on protein and examples
- new codon is stop codon
- effect on protein: shorter than normal; usually nonfunctional
- ex) DMD (dystrophin), Hemophilia (Factor VIII)
- “Stop the nonsense”
frameshift/in-frame mutation and effect on protein
- addition or deleting of base(s)
- effect on protein: loss of function; shorter than normal or entirely missing
large segment deletion
- cause
- effect on protein
- usually occurs via unequal crossover in meiosis
- effect on protein: variable effects ranging from addition or deletion of a few AA to deletion of an entire exon
triplet repeat expansion
- Expansions in coding regions cause protein product to be longer than normal and unstable
- disease often shows anticipation in pedigree (disease gets worse with each generation)
What will the first 3 AA be in the coding strand?
Coding strand = DNA copy of mRNA except U = T.
- So AUG = start codon –> first 3 AA in DNA will be ATG
purpose of meiosis I
- crossover or recombination between homologous chromosomes is a normal part of meiosis I that generate genetic diversity in reproductive cells (sperm and eggs) with a largely beneficial result.
- normally, homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes exchange equivalent segments so no information is lost from ether one
cause and consequence of alpha-thallasemia
- unequal crossover (in meiosis I) has deleted one or more alpha-globin genes from chromosome 16
Cri-du-chat
- symptoms
- cause
- mental retardation, microcephaly, wide-set eyes, and characteristic kitten-like cry
- results from terminal deletion on the short arm of chromosome 5 (results from unequal crossover in meiosis I)
symptoms of hunting tons
- genetic inheritance
- mean age of onset
- juvenile onset
- AD disorder
- mean age of onset: 43-48
- Sx: mood disturbance, impaired memory, hyperreflexia (are often first signs)
- followed by abnormal gait, chorea (loss of motor control), dystonia, dementia, and dysphagia
- juvenile onset: (
diseases where the expansion of the trinucleotide repeat of the mutant allele is in the coding region
- huntington’s disease
- spinobulbar muscular atrophy
Normal huntington allele has
5 tandom repeats of CAG in the coding region
family members affected with Huntington’s have
30-60 CAG tandem repeats in the coding region
Normal protein vs someone who has Huntington’s
- The normal protein contains 5 adjacent glutamine residues, whereas the proteins encoded by the disease-associated alleles have 30 or more adjacent glutamates
- the long glutamine tract makes the abnormal proteins extremely unstable
diseases where the expansion of the trinucleotide repeat of the mutant allele is in an untranslated region of the gene
- fragile x
- myotonic dystrophy
Amino Acid Activation
- each type of AA is activated by a different aminoacyl tRNA syntheses
- no proofreading during translation to detect if correct AA is bound to correct tRNA
- 2 high-energy bonds from an ATP are required
- the high-energy bond linking the AA to its cognate tRNA will later supply energy to make a peptide bond linking the AA into a protein
peptide bonds occur between
between the carboxyl group of one AA and the amino group of another
During translation, the AA are attached to the ____ ends of their respective ____
During translation, the AA are attached to the 3’ ends of their respective tRNAs
the aminoacyl-tRNAs are situated in the __ and ___ sites of the ribosome.
- the aminoacyl-tRNAs are situated in the P and A sites of the ribosome.
- P stands for Peptide site
- A stands for acceptor site
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
- class of enzyme that recognizes and pairs specific tRNA with their corresponding AA
- each AA is activated by a different aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
- aa-tRNA synthetase transfers the activated AA to the 3’ end of the correct tRNA
- have self-checking functions to prevent incorrectly paired aa-tRNAs from forming. If, however, one does release an incorrectly paired product, there is no mechanism during translation to detect the error and an incorrect AA will be introduced into some protein!
the peptide bond forms between the ____ of the amino acid (or growing peptide) in the __ site and the ___ of the next amino acid at the __ site
- the peptide bond forms between the carboxyl group of the amino acid (or growing peptide) in the P site and the amino group of the next amino acid at the A site
- this reaction gives off h20
Proteins are synthesized from the ___ to the _____
proteins are synthesized from the amino to the carboxy terminus
translation occurs in the ____ of ____
translation occurs in the cytoplasm of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
in ______, ribosomes can begin translation the mRNA even before RNA polymerase completes its transcripton
- in Prokaryotes, ribosomes can begin translation the mRNA even before RNA polymerase completes its transcripton
- in eukaryotes, translation and transcription are completely separated in time and space with transcription in the nucleus and translation in the cytoplasm
streptomycin inhibits
initiation of protein synthesis (TRANSLATION)
Steps involved in elongation of protein synthesis
- aminoacyl-tRNA binds to A site of the ribosome
- this is inhibited by shiga toxin (cuts 28S rRNA)
- tetracycline also inhibits step 1 - peptide bond forms. this requires 2 high energy bonds per activation
- Peptidyl transferase is an enzyme that is part of the large subunit
- chloramphenicol inhibits peptidyl transferase - translation of ribosome 3 nucleotides along the mRNA
- requires GTP
- pseudomonas and diphtheria toxin inhibit ADP-ribosylation
In initiation of protein synthesis the ____ ribosomal subunit binds to the mRNA
In initiation of protein synthesis the small ribosomal subunit binds to the mRNA
in Prokaryotes, the ___ rRNA of the _____ subunit binds to the _______ in the 5’ untranslated region of the mRNA
in Prokaryotes, the 16S rRNA of the small subunit binds to the Shine-Dalgarno in the 5’ untranslated region of the mRNA
in ____, translation and transcription are completely separated in time and space with transcription in the _____ and translation in the _____
in eukaryotes, translation and transcription are completely separated in time and space with transcription in the nucleus and translation in the cytoplasm
Shiga toxin inhibits
step 1 of elongation of protein synthesis (TRANSLATION): aminoacyl-tRNA binding to A site of the ribosome
- cuts an adenine residue from 28S rRNA in the 60S subunit
chloramphenicol inhibits
chloramphenicol inhibits peptidyl transferase: step 2 of elongation of protein synthesis (TRANSLATION)
The initiator tRNA in eukaryotes carries ___
- Elongation is a 3-step cycle that is repeated for each AA added to the protein after the initiator methionine
- The initiator tRNA in eukaryotes carries met