Lec 9. Protein synthesis 2. RNA Maturation and Versatility Flashcards
What are the steps for mRNA processing?
Capping proteins then splicing proteins then polyadenylation proteins
Why is RNA sticky?
Nitrogenous bases want to base pair with respective complementary bases, can form 4 secondary structures that can become binding sites for proteins
What are the 4 secondary structures for RNA?
Three-nucleotide bulge, four-stem junction, hairpin loop, pseudoknot
what is the 5’ cap?
An upside down and backwards G with an extra methyl group at the 5’ end of an RNA*
What does the 5’ cap do?
Resistant to digestion by nucleases, serves as a recognition site for CBC proteins (Cap binding complex).
What do CBC proteins do?
Initiate splicing and polyadenylation, direct mature mRNA through the nuclear pores and recruits elFs once in cytoplasm
What are the 4 mRNA processing splicing types?
Group I introns, Group II introns, Spiceosomal introns, and tRNA introns
Who has group I introns?
Prok, euk, and organelles.
Where are group I introns usually found?
In rRNA genes of euk.
How are Group I introns removed?
Self-catalyzed
Once Group I introns are removed what are the results?
Either linear or circularized introns
Which of the 4 mRNA processing splicing types is most prevalent in humans?
Group I introns
Who has Group II introns?
Prok and euk organelles
How are Group II introns removed?
Self-catalyzed, some require a protein helper in vivo.
What is the result once Group II introns are removed?
Lariot structures that are precursors to spliceosomal introns.
Who has spiceosomal introns?
Euk only
How are Spiceosomal introns removes?
Protein-mediated
What is the end result once Spiceosomal introns are removed?
Lariat structure
Who has tRNA introns?
Euk and their organelles
How are tRNA introns removed?
Protein-mediated. The intron sits across the anticodon, in order to remove the intron we need to split the tRNA in half and stick it back together.
Alternative splicing is a way to
increase genetic diversity without a permanent change to the DNA sequence*
What is polyadenylation?
200 A’s at the 3’ end of an RNA.
What does this polyadenylation do?
Define the exact 3’ end of the RNA, it is also a binding spot for PABS (PolyA binding proteins).
What do PABPS do?
Resistant to digestion by nucleases, can bind to translation initiation factors (elFs) to circularize the mRNA and start translation
Pertaining to polyadenylation, what does co-transcriptional recruitment of CPSF to polyadenylation signal site do?
Our specificity factor, where we stop our DNA.
Where does CstF bind?
DSE (downstream element site)
What do CPSF and CstF do?
Interact through this complex of proteins and basically expose this site (NN) to be cleaved as our absolute end of our mRNA, so we need an ENDO nuclease to come in and clip at the NN.
What does Poly-A Polymerase (PAP) do?
Adds polyA tail
What does Poly-A Binding Proteins (PABPs) do?
Coat the polyA tail, will act with elFs and loop around the end of mRNA and help initiate translation
What is the difference between coding and noncoding RNAs?
Coding RNAs are coding for protein, if we are not coding for protein we are noncoding RNA.