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Lecture 1 - mutations, mutagens and dna damage repair part 1 Flashcards

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1
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Define a genotype.

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the genetic makeup of an organism

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Define a phenotype.

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an organisms physical traits

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Define wild-type.

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the typical phenotype of an organism in nature

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Define mutation.

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a heritable change in the genetic material of an organism (DNA or RNA)

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What is a NEUTRAL mutation?

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it does not affect survival or reproductive success

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What is DELETERIOUS mutation?

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this decreases the chances of survival or reproductive success

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What is BENEFICIAL mutation?

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it increases the chances of survival or reproductive success

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What is LETHAL mutation?

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death as a phenotype… (recall conditional lethal (temperature sensitive))

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What is a mutant?

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an individual, organism, or new genetic character arising or resulting from a mutation

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What happens during a transition mutation?

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this is when a purine (A,G) changes to another different purine or a pyrimidine (C, T) changes to another pyrimidine

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11
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What happens during a transversion mutation?

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a purine changes to a pyrimidine or a pyrimidine changes to a purine

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12
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What are the two ways of classifying a mutation by how it changes its DNA sequence?

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transition and transversion mutation

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What are the ways of classifying a mutation by how it changes its protein sequence?

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missense, nonsense and silent mutations

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What occurs during a missense mutation?

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it changes a codon so that it codes for a different amino acid

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What happens during a nonsense mutation?

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it changes a codon that codes for an amino acid to a STOP codon

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What happens during a silent mutation?

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it changes a codon to a different codon that codes for the SAME amino acid… The sequence of DNA changes but the sequence of protein does not change

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17
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What is a point mutation?

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a change in a single base pair

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18
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What is a point mutation also known as? Why?

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a missense mutation because the point mutation changed the protein sequence (missense mutation)

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What occurs during an insertion mutation?

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one or more nucleotides are added to the DNA sequence

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What occurs during a deletion mutation?

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one or more nucleotides are removed from a DNA sequence

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Describe a frameshift mutation.

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the insertion or deletion of a number of nucleotides that is not divisible by 3. The frameshift mutations change the reading frame of the sequence.

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What is a forward mutation?

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a mutation that changes a functional (wild-type) gene to a mutant gene

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What is a reverse mutation?

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any mutation that restores the wild-type phenotype to cells that have a forward mutation

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What is true reversion?

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a reverse mutation that restores the wild-type DNA sequence

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What is suppression?

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a mutation at a second (different) site that compensates for the first mutation

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What is an intragenic suppression?

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when the suppressor mutation occurs in the same gene

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What does intergenic mean?

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when the suppressor mutation occurs in a different gene

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What do intragenic suppressor mutations do?

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they revert the phenotypic effects of another mutation in the same protein

29
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What does the wild-type protein contain that makes an electrostatic interaction?

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glutamic acid and arginine residues

30
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What does a forward mutation do?

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it changes the arginine (positive charge) to aspartic acid (negative charge)

31
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What does the second intragenic suppressor mutation change?

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the glutamic acid (negative charge) changes to lysine (positive charge) which restores the electrostatic interaction so the protein folds properly… therefore this is an intragenic suppressor mutation

32
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What do intergenic suppressor mutations revert?

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the phenotypic effects of another mutation in a different protein

33
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A mutation that inactivates one protein can be compensated for by what?

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a mutation that in a transcription factor that activates expression of a second gene that can compensate for the inactivated protein

34
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What is nonsense suppression?

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this reverts a nonsense mutation through a second site mutation

35
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What does truncated mean?

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to be cut short

36
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Define a spontaneous mutation.

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a change in DNA structure that results from natural biological or chemical processes

37
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Define an induced mutation.

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a change in DNA structure that is caused by an environmental agent

38
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What is depurination?

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the linkage between a purine ( A or G) and deoxyribose can spontaneously break. If not repaired this can lead to mutation

39
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When does depurination occur?

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it occurs when a purine base is removed from the DNA leaving an apurinic site

40
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What does the apurinic site NOT have?

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it does not have a base for DNA polymerase to use as a template during replication

41
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Since any of the four bases can be added across the apurinic site, what may occur?

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mutations

41
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What is deamination?

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when cytosine or 5-methylcytosine can spontaneously deaminate to create uracil or thymine

42
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The deamination of Cytosine produces what?

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Uracil
*dna repair enzymes can recognize U bases in DNA and correct this

43
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The deamination of 5-methyl-C produces what?

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Thymine (T)
* T is a natural DNA base, so there is no system to correct this

44
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What is a tautomer?

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structural isomers of a chemical compound that can readily interconvert

45
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What tautomer’s can G and T interconvert into?

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the keto (common) and enol (rare) tautomer’s

46
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What tautomer’s can A and C interconvert into?

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the amino (common) and imino (rare) tautomer’s

47
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What does tautomerization change?

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base pairing

48
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What are reactive oxygen species?

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products of oxygen metabolism in aerobic organisms

49
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What are some examples of reactive oxygen species?

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hydrogen peroxide, superoxide and hydroxyl radicals

50
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What does superoxide dismutase do?

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it breaks down superoxide into molecular oxygen and hydrogen peroxide

50
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What does catalase do?

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it breaks down hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen

51
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What does oxidative damage convert G into?

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8-oxoG

52
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What is a trinucleotide repeat expansion?

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a three nucleotide repeat can increase in number from one generation to the next

53
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What is a key property of trinucleotide repeat expansion?

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DNA hairpin formation

54
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DNA hairpin formation can cause DNA polymerase to what?

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to be releases from the DNA

55
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If DNA synthesis resumes while the hairpin is still present, what happens?

A

this will extend the repeat

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